Sunday, September 20, 2020

The Friends of Eddie Coyle

The source of a Peter Yates film that I have grown to admire more with each viewing, The Friends of Eddie Coyle by George V. Higgins is a marvel of language and grit. Breaking new ground in the genre, as far as I know, the novel is about 90 percent dialogue. Higgins had a great ear, and there are little morality tales threaded all through the text.

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