The Digger's Game
- ISBN-10
- 1409137554
- ISBN-13
- 9781409137559
- Series
- The Digger's Game
- Category
- Boston (Mass.)
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Orion
- Author
- George V. Higgins
Description
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.
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