The Digger's Game

George V. Higgins

ISBN 10: 0394483162 / ISBN 13: 9780394483160

Published by KNOPF, New York, NY, 1973

About this Item

Author's second book. Green cloth on boards slightly faded and on back board and last two pages on bottom there is some staining. Dust Jacket had some staining, wear at edges, and creases. Size: 5 3/4" x 8 1/2".

Seller Inventory # 000077

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Digger's Game
• Publisher: KNOPF, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394483162
• ISBN 13: 9780394483160
• Binding: Cloth
• Edition: First Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good
• Book Type: HARD COVER

About this title

Synopsis

Jerry "Digger" Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional "odd job," like stealing live checks and picking up hot goods. His brother’s a priest, his wife’s a nag, and he’s got a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. But when the Digger looses eighteen grand in borrowed money on a trip to Vegas, he quickly finds himself in the sights of mob loneshark “the Greek,” who will have to make the Digger pay up one way or another. Luckily—if you call it luck—the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, as long as he can pull it off without getting killed.

About the Author

George V. Higgins is the author of more than twenty novels, most notably The Friends of Eddie Coyle. At End of Day is his last novel completed just prior to his death in 1999.