The Friends of Eddie Coyle (novel)
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle, published in 1972, was the debut novel of George V. Higgins, then an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Boston.
The novel is a realistic depiction of the Irish-American underworld in Boston. Its central character is the title character Coyle, a small-time criminal and informant.
The relentless realism and unglamorous nature of the characters in "Eddie Coyle" was in sharp contrast to some other gangster novels of the era, particularly Mario Puzo's "The Godfather," which had just been adapted into a popular movie.
The novel was an instant success, with Higgins receiving praise from Norman Mailer as "the American writer who is closest to Henry Green. What I can't get over is that so good a first novel was written by the fuzz."
The novel was faithfully adapted into a 1973 movie, with Robert Mitchum starring as Coyle.
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