Killing Them Softly (Paperback) by George V Higgins

from SanctiSpiritus

Mario Puzo gives us eloquent and artistic proses when unfolding a story of the Mafia, and underworld. George V. Higgins gives you the grit, the hard-boiled inner-workings of low on the totem pole true thugs. On reading the book, you feel like your sitting around the table listening to their conve...

from datrappert

Like his classic THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, perhaps 90% of this book consists of dialogue. There is no back story. Everything the reader knows is revealed through the characters' conversations. But very rarely do these conversations seem like exposition. Instead, they come across as the day-to-d...

from datrappert

Like his classic THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE, perhaps 90% of this book consists of dialogue. There is no back story. Everything the reader knows is revealed through the characters' conversations. But very rarely do these conversations seem like exposition. Instead, they come across as the day-to-d...