Cogan's Trade
Cogan's Trade is a 1974 crime novel by George V. Higgins. The novel was Higgins's third novel centered on crime in Boston neighborhoods, following The Friends of Eddie Coyle and The Digger's Game. In Cogan's Trade, Cogan is a hitman who targets the person responsible for a card-game heist. The person is identified through a second heist and pursued by Cogan, who works for an anonymous benefactor who also has a non-criminal role in society.
| Author | George V. Higgins |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | 1974 |
| Pages | 216 |
| ISBN | 978-0-394-49057-1 |
| OCLC | 762621 |
The 2012 film Killing Them Softly, directed by Andrew Dominik and starring Brad Pitt, is based on the novel.
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