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The Digger's Game
Overview
A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him eighteen grand in the hole.
Jerry "Digger" Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional "odd job," like stealing live checks or picking up hot goods. His brother's a priest, his wife's a nag, and he has a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. On a trip to Vegas, the Digger finds himself in the sights of a loan shark known as "the Greek." Luckily--if you call it luck--the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, if only he can pull it off without getting himself killed.Customers Also Bought
Details
- ISBN-13: 9780307947260
- ISBN-10: 0307947262
- Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Publish Date: March 2012
- Dimensions: 7.98 x 5.21 x 0.67 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.49 pounds
- Page Count: 224
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