num_pages: 183
description: The eponymous Eddie Coyle is a typical Higgins Everyman, a fringe player for the Boston mob whose life is spiraling out of control. In addition to the usual stress of a life lived on the edge, Eddie is about to face sentencing for his role in an aborted hijacking. Nothing works exactly as planned, and Eddie soon finds himself a marked man, trapped in a web of coincidental occurrences and conflicting agendas. (Bill Sheehan)
language: English
title: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
titlecomplete: The Friends of Eddie Coyle
characters: Eddie Coyle
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Classics, Novels, Hard Boiled, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 9006
places: Boston, Massachusetts
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: CWA Silver Dagger, awardedAt: 94723200000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Fiction
publisher: Alfred A. Knopf