George V. Higgins: The Life and Writings
Publisher: McFarland Pub. Inc.
Published: 2014
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 978086494750
Description: Stunning new inside look at the life and tragic death of a classic American author who revolutionized crime novels in the 20th century
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgments ix Foreword by Peter Wolfe 1 Preface 5 1. Strange Faiths and Cruelties 9 2. Cutting up Animals in the Basement 27 3. Nobody Gets Writer’s Block 36 4. Double Eagle 42 5. Let Us Go Forward Together 46 6. A Ruthless Fidelity 52 7. The Vox Americana 65 8. Maximum John 72 9. The Lit’ry Life 87 10. Whack Him Another Fee 92 11. Hub Man 103 12. The Mothers 117 13. That Scurvy Mob 132 14. A Paucity of Decorum 145 15. My Lost Duchess 159 16. A Great Swaggering Bear 169 17. On the Other Side Is the Abyss 180 Afterword 193 Chapter Notes 195 Bibliography 212 Index