Los amigos de Eddie Coyle

In Boston in the late 1960s, the activities of the mafia and of the Black Panthers are two of the police force's main concerns. Eddie Coyle, a minor gangster with good connections, faces a three-year sentence for contraband, and his only way of avoiding jail time is offering up a kingpin to the police. Which of the gunmen, thugs, and thieves he's acquainted with will he betray? Considered to be one of the best noir novels of the past century, this debut novel's publication in 1970 revolutionized the genre in the United States. En el Boston de finales de los 60, las actividades de la mafia y de las Panteras Negras son dos de las cuestiones que mas preocupan a la policia. Eddie Coyle, un delincuente de poca monta con buenas conexiones, se enfrenta a una condena de tres anos por contrabando y su unica oportunidad para evitar la carcel es entregarle a la policia un pez gordo. A quien de los pistoleros, matones y ladrones que conoce delatara? Considerada como una de las mejores novelas negras del pasado siglo, la publicacion de esta primera novela en 1970 revoluciono el genero en los Estados Unidos.

George V. Higgins was a journalist, lawyer, and novelist. Many of his novels were inspired by the seven years he spent working for the government in the war against organized crime in Boston. He is the author of Cogan’s Trade and The Digger’s Game. Dennis Lehane is the author of nine novels, including the New York Times bestsellers The Given Day; Gone, Baby, Gone; Moonlight Mile; Mystic River; and Shutter Island. He divides his time between Boston and the Gulf Coast of Florida.