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HIGGINS, George was born on November 13, 1939 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John T. Higgins and Doris (nee Montgomery) Higgins.
(Jerry Kennedy is "the classiest sleazy lawyer in Boston"....)
Jerry Kennedy is "the classiest sleazy lawyer in Boston". Not many of his cases go to trial, but nor do many of his clients go to the slammer. Pimps, car thieves, druggies, mobsters - they all look to Kennedy to get them off. Whether he manages it or not, he usually finds himself in trouble.
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A riveting, blistering hot novel about the shady side of the law and the business side of the Boston underworld by the one and only George V. Higgins. Jerry Fein is a small-time lawyer, occasional booking agent, and full-time slumlord. But he’s nobody’s fool. So when the tenants of his dilapidated buildings refuse to pay rent because of rats, Jerry knows just the man to help him—Leo Proctor, a professional arsonist, who can make a fire marshal look the other way for a little cash. But the heat is on over at the police station as well, and a couple of cops are suddenly feeling pressure from their superiors to produce, and something has got to give. Full of hardnosed cops and lawyers a little too familiar with both sides of the law, The Rat on Fire is another Higgins masterpiece and an unflinching portrait of the Boston crime world.
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'Higgins...has arranged the conventions of the crime novel into something new: oblique, bleak and often graveyard funny' THE SUNDAY TIMES When the tenants of Jerry Fein's dilapidated buildings refuse to pay the rent on account of the rats, Jerry drafts in arsonist Leo Proctor to take care of the problem. After all, the place is insured and the fire marshall's back is turned, so what could go wrong?
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A novel featuring "the classiest sleazy lawyer in Boston", first met in "Kennedy for the Defense". As Kennedy's professional and personal difficulties continue to pile up, he finds himself in the grasp of Bertram Magazu, a tough, opaque and expensive attorney who moves him into a fast track.
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A fast-paced, witty, and authentic novel that transports the reader into the exhilarating world of crime and chicanery that defines the life of Boston lawyer, Jerry Kennedy. Heretofore successful lawyer Jerry Kennedy, our classy yet sleazy protagonist, finds himself grasping at straws when his world begins to crumble around him. His accountant jailed, his wife giving him the silent treatment, his mentor and friend, Frank McDonald, curiously unresponsive, Jerry grapples with public slander dealt him by an unjust judge as well as the prospect of being investigated by the IRS. Cut off from his usual sources of support, Jerry finds himself in the grasp of tough, opaque, and demanding attorney Bertram Magazu. At a loss for what to expect, Jerry Kennedy senses it's definitely trouble time. With crackling dialogue and biting humor, Penance for Jerry Kennedy paints a picture of the Boston underworld in which risk is the name of the game.
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(Why do certain professional athletes achieve immortality ...)
Why do certain professional athletes achieve immortality and others don't? With his sparkling, accurate prose, Higgins suggests some answers as he tells us about baseball and the ever-trying Boston Red Sox, about family and continuity and the passage of the seasons, delightfully weaving them all together with his insightful observations.
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(Joe Corey, a promising young Manhattan attorney, gets dra...)
Joe Corey, a promising young Manhattan attorney, gets drawn into an unsolved murder that happened 23 years ago. It's against his better judgment, but this is no ordinary crime. The victim is his wife's grandfather, Jim Mandeville, once president of a small-town New England bank. What was it that compelled Mandeville to go to the bank at 5:30 that cold December morning to be killed by his own 12-gauge shotgun? It's up to Corey and his flamboyant sidekick, Baldo Lanucci, retired intelligence agent, to reheat cold leads -- and when they do, things turn hotter than anyone ever expected! "Flawless. Never a false word, phrase or rhythm." (The New Republic)
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(In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal...)
In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal thriller, Jerry Kennedy, the guy his ex-wife calls "the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer", must defend the man that no one else will: Billy Ryan. An excerpt: "If they didn't have Billy for selling the apple to the serpent who peddled it to Eve, it was because the serpent refused to testify against him. Professional courtesy and all that."
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Aboard a deluxe ocean liner, a middle-aged couple with financial and marital problems are pigeonholed by a charming confidence man with a mission, and the three exchange revealing stories about their lives. 25,000 first printing.
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(Judge Henry Lawler has his own reasons for appointing his...)
Judge Henry Lawler has his own reasons for appointing his former classmate Jerry Kennedy to try the case of Estate of Sandra Nichols v. Peter Wade. With alibis easy to come by, Peter Wade, Sandra's most recent ex, is the most likely suspect--he has motive, means, and opportunity. Jerry goes about his task with typical aplomb in this marvelous and intriguing entertainment.
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('He can write dialogue so authentic it spits' LIFE Federa...)
'He can write dialogue so authentic it spits' LIFE Federal Agent Pete Riordan has two problems, and both of them could end with murder. Convicted killer Mikey-mike Magro has never made a secret of the fact that if he ever gets out of jail, he's going to go after the man he thinks put him there, Jerry 'Digger' Doherty. And now it seems some very influential people are trying to get Magro pardoned and out on the street. Riordan figures Bishop Paul Doherty, an old friend who also happens to be the Digger's brother, might put him on the right track - and he might just be able to help him with his second problem too: word is that a man is over from the old country intending to buy arms for the IRA. No one knows his name, or even what he looks like, but Riordan needs to find him fast - or his two problems could come together like a lighted fuse and a stick of gelignite.
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(When a likeable but crooked Massachusetts contractor send...)
When a likeable but crooked Massachusetts contractor sends his sedated schizophrenic wife to a derelict hotel to muffle her, his chauffeur prudently clobbers a vicious drunk in the car park. In this web of intrigue and insanity, a host of disparate characters hide their own dark secrets.
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(World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operati...)
World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operation Torch--a series of simultaneous amphibious landings, audacious commando and paratroop assaults, and the Atlantic's biggest naval battle, fought across a two thousand mile span of coastline in French North Africa. The risk was enormous, the scale breathtaking, the preparations rushed, the training inadequate, and the ramifications profound. Torch was the first combined Allied offensive and key to how the Second World War unfolded politically and militarily. Nonetheless, historians have treated the subject lightly, perhaps because of its many ambiguities. As a surprise invasion of a neutral nation, it recalled German attacks against countries like Belgium, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The operation's rationale was to aid Russia but did not do this. It was supposed to get Americans troops into the fight against Germany but did so only because it failed to achieve its short-term military goals. There is still debate whether Torch advanced the fight against the Axis, or was a wasteful dispersion of Allied strength and actually prolonged the war. Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory is a fresh look at this complex and controversial operation. The book covers the fierce Anglo-American dispute about the operation and charts how it fits into the evolution of amphibious warfare. It recounts the story of the fighting, focusing on the five landings--Port Lyautey, Fédala, and Safi in Morocco, and Oran and Algiers in Algeria--and includes air and ground actions from the initial assault to the repulse of Allied forces on the outskirts of Tunis. Torch also considers the operation's context within the larger war and it incorporates the French perspective better than any English-language work on the subject. It shows how Torch brought France, as a power, back into the Allied camp; how it forced the English and the Americans to work together as true coalitions partners and forge a coherent amphibious doctrine. These skills were then applied to subsequent operations in the Mediterranean, in the English Channel, and in the Pacific. The story of how this was accomplished is the story of how the Allies brought their power to bear on the enemy's continental base and won World War II.
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(World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operati...)
World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operation Torch--a series of simultaneous amphibious landings, audacious commando and paratroop assaults, and the Atlantic's biggest naval battle, fought across a two thousand mile span of coastline in French North Africa. The risk was enormous, the scale breathtaking, the preparations rushed, the training inadequate, and the ramifications profound. Torch was the first combined Allied offensive and key to how the Second World War unfolded politically and militarily. Nonetheless, historians have treated the subject lightly, perhaps because of its many ambiguities. As a surprise invasion of a neutral nation, it recalled German attacks against countries like Belgium, Norway, and Yugoslavia. The operation's rationale was to aid Russia but did not do this. It was supposed to get Americans troops into the fight against Germany but did so only because it failed to achieve its short-term military goals. There is still debate whether Torch advanced the fight against the Axis, or was a wasteful dispersion of Allied strength and actually prolonged the war. Torch: North Africa and the Allied Path to Victory is a fresh look at this complex and controversial operation. The book covers the fierce Anglo-American dispute about the operation and charts how it fits into the evolution of amphibious warfare. It recounts the story of the fighting, focusing on the five landings--Port Lyautey, Fédala, and Safi in Morocco, and Oran and Algiers in Algeria--and includes air and ground actions from the initial assault to the repulse of Allied forces on the outskirts of Tunis. Torch also considers the operation's context within the larger war and it incorporates the French perspective better than any English-language work on the subject. It shows how Torch brought France, as a power, back into the Allied camp; how it forced the English and the Americans to work together as true coalitions partners and forge a coherent amphibious doctrine. These skills were then applied to subsequent operations in the Mediterranean, in the English Channel, and in the Pacific. The story of how this was accomplished is the story of how the Allies brought their power to bear on the enemy's continental base and won World War II.
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( For Pete Riordan the assignment is both simple and form...)
For Pete Riordan the assignment is both simple and formidable: find the IRA leader who's running around the US trying to be guns. (Nobody knows his name and nobody knows what he looks like.) There is one possible lead: two Massachusetts politicians are trying to bring off an early pardon for Mikey-mike Magro, currently in prison for murder. And Magro is known to very proficient at finding guns for sale.
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(Here are 12 amazing true stories of imposters--daring men...)
Here are 12 amazing true stories of imposters--daring men and women who fooled everyone with their incredible disguises, often getting away with it again and again--that will thrill, chill, and mesmerize to the last page.
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HIGGINS, George was born on November 13, 1939 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Son of John T. Higgins and Doris (nee Montgomery) Higgins.
AB, Boston College, 1961. Juris Doctor, Boston College, 1967. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1965.
Doctor of Hebrew Literature (honorary), Westfield State College, Massachusetts, 1986.
Reporter Providence Journal, 1962-1963. Correspondent A.P., Springfield, Massachusetts, 1963-1964, Boston, 1964-1966. Assistant attorney general Massachusetts, 1967-1970.
Consultant National Institute Law Enforcement, Washington, 1970-1971. Assistant United States attorney Massachusetts Boston, 1970-1973. Private practice, from 1973.
Visiting professor State University of New York, Buffalo, 1988. Professor Boston University, since 1988.
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(World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operati...)
(World War II had many superlatives, but none like Operati...)
(Here are 12 amazing true stories of imposters--daring men...)
(Aboard a deluxe ocean liner, a middle-aged couple with fi...)
(In best-selling author George Higgins' electrifying legal...)
(When a likeable but crooked Massachusetts contractor send...)
( A fast-paced, witty, and authentic novel that transport...)
(A riveting, blistering hot novel about the shady side of ...)
(Judge Henry Lawler has his own reasons for appointing his...)
('He can write dialogue so authentic it spits' LIFE Federa...)
( This work has been selected by scholars as being cultur...)
( For Pete Riordan the assignment is both simple and form...)
(Joe Corey, a promising young Manhattan attorney, gets dra...)
(A novel featuring "the classiest sleazy lawyer in Boston"...)
(SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 237 pages BACKGROU...)
(SIZE: 5 ½ x 8 ½ (approximately) PAGES: 237 pages BACKGROU...)
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Author: The Friends of Eddie Coyle, 1972, The Digger's Game, 1973, Cogan's Trade, 1974, A City on a Hill, 1975, The Friends of Richard Nixon, 1975, The Judgment of Deke Hunter, 1976, Dreamland, 1977, A Year or So with Edgar, 1979, Kennedy for the Defense, 1980, The Rat on Fire, 1981, The Patriot Game, 1982, A Choice of Enemies, 1984, Penance for Jerry Kennedy, 1985, Imposters, 1986, Outlaws, 1987, Wonderful Years, Wonderful Years, 1988, The Sins of the Fathers, 1988, The Progress of the Seasons, 1989, Trust, 1989, George V. Higgins on Writing, 1990, Victories, 1990, The Mandeville Talent, 1991, Defending Billy Ryan, 1992, Bomber's Law, 1993, Swan Boats at Four, 1995, Sandra Nichols Found Dead, 1996, A Change of Gravity, 1997. Columnist: Boston Herald American, 1977-1979, Boston Globe, 1979-1985, Wall St. Journal, 1984-1987.
Member Writers Guild American.
Son of John Thompson and Doris (Montgomery) H. Divorced; children: Susan, John. Married Loretta Lucas Cubberley, August 23, 1979.