George V. Higgins

The Life and Writings

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Mystery & Detective Fiction, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book George V. Higgins by Erwin H. Ford, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: Erwin H. Ford ISBN: 9781476616353
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: July 9, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Erwin H. Ford
ISBN: 9781476616353
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: July 9, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

Best known for his popular crime fiction, Boston novelist George V. Higgins (1939–1999) should stand among the top ranks of the American literary canon. In his 26 novels and dozens of short stories, Higgins chronicled the lives of Boston’s Irish with his trademark hard-boiled dialog, exploring the criminal underworld, American democracy, Boston politics, personal redemption and New England life in the tradition of Hawthorne and Thoreau. This intimate biography explores his 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. Discussions of Higgins’s individual works and excerpts from his correspondence, writings, and thoughts on literature complete this revealing portrait.

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Best known for his popular crime fiction, Boston novelist George V. Higgins (1939–1999) should stand among the top ranks of the American literary canon. In his 26 novels and dozens of short stories, Higgins chronicled the lives of Boston’s Irish with his trademark hard-boiled dialog, exploring the criminal underworld, American democracy, Boston politics, personal redemption and New England life in the tradition of Hawthorne and Thoreau. This intimate biography explores his 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. Discussions of Higgins’s individual works and excerpts from his correspondence, writings, and thoughts on literature complete this revealing portrait.

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