The Digger's Game

Higgins, George V

ISBN 10: 0394483162 / ISBN 13: 9780394483160

Published by Alfred A Knoph, NY, 1973

About this Item

First printing of the author's seccond novel, set in Boston, of course. Very good in a very good dustjacket. Not priceclipped and no markings. (box 68).

Seller Inventory # 011300

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Digger's Game
• Publisher: Alfred A Knoph, NY
• Publication Date: 1973
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0394483162
• ISBN 13: 9780394483160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Mystery and Suspense

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.