The Rat On Fire
by Higgins, George V
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0394424093
- ISBN 13
- 9780394424095
- Seller
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Woodlawn, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Synopsis
George V. Higgins was the author of more than twenty novels, including the bestsellers The Friends of Eddie Coyle , Cogan's Trade , The Rat on Fire , and The Digger's Game . He was a reporter for the Providence Journal and the Associated Press before obtaining a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1967. He was an assistant attorney general and then an assistant United States attorney in Boston from 1969 to 1973. He later taught Creative Writing at Boston University. He died in 1999.
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- Bookseller
- Granada Bookstore (Member IOBA) (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 032294
- Title
- The Rat On Fire
- Author
- Higgins, George V
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394424093
- ISBN 13
- 9780394424095
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York
- Date Published
- 1981
- Pages
- 183
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- Boston Massachusetts - Fiction; Slum Lords - Boston (Ma.) - Fiction Crime Thriller, Crime & Caper
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