THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE
1972 · New York
by Higgins, George V.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1972. Blue cloth (second binding form). Binding a bit sunned and slightly dusty at edges, else a nice copy in faintly spine-sunned dust jacket. First edition. First novel by a former U.S. Attorney, made into a film starring Robert Mitchum in the title role of a desperate, aging hood trying to broker a deal with a cop who needs him as much as Eddie needs an escape hatch. (Inventory #: WRCLIT66213)