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The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- De: George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane - Introduction
- Narrado por: Mark Hammer
- Duración: 5 h y 40 m
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 425
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George V. Higgins's seminal crime novel is a down-and-dirty tale of thieves, mobsters, and cops on the mean streets of Boston. When small-time gunrunner Eddie Coyle is convicted on a felony, he's looking at three years in the pen—that is, unless he sells out one of his big-fish clients to the DA. But which of the many hoods, gunmen, and executioners whom he calls his friends should he send up the river? Told almost entirely in crackling dialogue by a vivid cast of lowlifes and detectives, The Friends of Eddie Coyle is one of the greatest crime novels ever written.
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Fantastic Narration meets Fantastic Dialogue
- De Roy Reiss en 06-18-12
- The Friends of Eddie Coyle
- De: George V. Higgins, Dennis Lehane - Introduction
- Narrado por: Mark Hammer
Best crime novel of its day
Revisado: 05-08-20
The novel itself is a classic in the genre. So much so that Elmore Leonard had one of his own characters proclaim that it’s the most realistic crime novel ever written. Part procedural; part mobster; part other subgenres. The novel is told from the perspective of numerous actors—criminal and authorities—each acting in his or her own self interest. Higgins knew his stuff—guns, cars, procedures, racism, corruption, crime. There is no good guy to root for, or cool guy to become infatuated with. In that vein, the audiobook production is appropriately raw—it sounds like a Northeast Noir should sound.
One tip: if you don’t know Boston’s geography, you’ll need a map.
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