George V. Higgins
Subtitle: The Life and Writings
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780786494750
Subjects: Authors, american; Authors, biography
Description: "This intimate biography explores George V. Higgins' (1939-1999) turbulent life and career, including his working-class Irish Catholic roots, his two stormy marriages, his ambivalence toward the city of his birth, his passion for the limelight, and his drinking, which disrupted his family life and led to his early death at age 59"--