New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very good +. 183pp. Octavo [22cm] Olive cloth over boards with gilt stamped spine and gilt stamped decorative piece on front board. Edges are lightly faded. In a mildly yellowed dust jacket. From the dust jacket-

"Eddie Coyle and the "friends" of Eddie Coyle- the people he can trade in for his own safety and who can kill him for theirs- are hoods. If the "wise guys"- the syndicate wheels who occasionally surface in Eddie's underworld equivalents of tycoons and executives then stocky, henpecked, worried Eddie Coyle is the working stiff of crime. He is fearful of being sent up for a second time (for hijacking a truck); he is trying to better himself by providing guns for a Boston-area gang whose bank robbery technique is proof against almost every contingency-if nobody talks.

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Bookseller: Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 64663
Title: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
Author: V. Higgins, George
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: Very good +
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First edition
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1972
Keywords: George V. Higgins, noir, crime

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