George V. Higgins : the life and writings / Erwin H. Ford II ; foreword by Peter Wolfe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ford, Erwin H., 1950- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Higgins, George V., 1939-1999.

Higgins, George V.

Novelists, American--20th century--Biography.

Novelists, American.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 217 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]

Summary:

"This intimate biography explores George V. Higgins' (1939-1999) turbulent life and career, including his working-class Irish Catholic roots, his two stormy marriages, his ambivalence toward the city of his birth, his passion for the limelight, and his drinking, which disrupted his family life and led to his early death at age 59"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Strange Faiths and Cruelties 9

2 Cutting Up Animals in the Basement 27

3 Nobody Gets Writer's Block 36

4 Double Eagle 42

5 Let Us Go Forward Together 46

6 A Ruthless Fidelity 52

7 The Vox Americana 65

8 Maximum John 72

9 The Lit'ry Life 87

10 Whack Him Another Fee 92

11 Hub Man 103

12 The Mothers 117

13 That Scurvy Mob 132

14 A Paucity of Decorum 145

15 My Lost Duchess 158

16 A Great Swaggering Bear 169

17 On the Other Side is the Abyss 180.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786494750

0786494751

OCLC:

869265500