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Title: The Agent by George V. Higgins, George Higgens ISBN: 0-15-100357-2 Publisher: Harcourt Pub. Date: 07 January, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (9 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: This book isn't good
Comment: Come on people; a "literary thriller" should still be readable, with discernible plot and some nodding acquaintance with reality. This book has none of these things. It is entirely dialogue-driven, which is fine, but nobody talks that much and so well. I could go on, but bottom line is that as much as I had heard about Friends of Eddie Coyle and looked forward to reading it, it was good but not great. This book is just plain bad. Face it--if "George D. Higgins" and not "George V. Higgins" was on the cover, it wouldn't have made it past an editor's desk.
Rating: 4
Summary: the good, bad, and dirty dealings of big time sports
Comment: His 29th book, The Agent is all Higgins. Master of the literary thriller, he turns his eye for detail and his ear for dialogue to the high powered, high dollar world of sports agenting. If you care to learn this trade, just nod and fasten your seat belt, you're in for a swift education. Located in Boston, the good, bad and dirty dealings of big time sports where one hand pats the back as the other lifts the wallet, the reaching words of sincerity, the glowing warmth of the father figure and the comfy sense of security are all bigger than life when Alexander Drouhin come into yours. Football, baseball, basketball and hockey talent from all walks of life line up to hear what the great man cando with their lives: planning their future, assuring unlimited financial security and creating utopia. Never have so many made so much; greed is the way of life and America is the entertainment capital of the world with sports as the main attraction. Is this the way it works? It sure is. Who is the bad guy; the owner, the general manager, the agent or the client? Who can tell, they are contiually changing before your eyes. How do we sober-up and release from jail the NFL's leading rusher to make his role-model date at the YMCA camp? That's easy. How do we keep a NBA star out of the evening TV news after throwing his wife out the second story window of their home? That's a bit tougher, but can do. And along the way there is a murder to solve. This story is as currant as this morning's sports page. Higgins doesn't allow us to set in one spot very lonl. Good company for a lonesome night.
Rating: 3
Summary: Better , but still relatively disappointing.
Comment: Looks like everyone's been a fan since "Friends of Eddie Coyle". Problem is, since say,"Cogan's Trade", the dialogue has so far outstripped the narrative that the plots are hard to follow, and, even more importantly, the conclusion is left up in the air. That's a real problem with this effort, too. Narrative returns, but exits shortly thereafter. And it seems like Higgins gets to the last chapter and decides, "I'd better finish this right now." Nevertheless, I always look forward to a new Higgins book. ("Swan Boats at Four" is a definite exception). Maybe it's the Woody Allen phenomenon: I keep hoping Woody will be funny again, and that George will write another "Eddie".
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Title: How to Succeed As a Sports Agent by Mel Stein ISBN: 1903047765 Publisher: Oldcastle Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: A Shark Never Sleeps : Wheeling and Dealing with the NFL's Most Ruthless Agent by Drew Rosenhaus, Don Yaeger ISBN: 0671015265 Publisher: Atria Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: At End of Day: A Novel of Suspense by George V. Higgins ISBN: 0156011905 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Winning With Integrity: Getting What You Want Without Selling Your Soul by Leigh Steinberg, Michael D'Orso ISBN: 0812932439 Publisher: Three Rivers Press Pub. Date: 18 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: A Change of Gravity by George V. Higgins ISBN: 0805048154 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company, Inc. Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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