by George V. Higgins · Warner Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751500349
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«Defending Billy Ryan» is the legal thriller by George V. Higgins, published by Warner Books in paperback (245 pages, in English).
Boston lawyer Jerry Kennedy, tired and broke, agrees to defend Billy Ryan, a former Massachusetts public works commissioner accused of bribery after years of shady dealings. To take on the prosecution, Kennedy digs into the city's political corruption in this courtroom drama of realistic dialogue and suspenseful atmosphere.
It is the third instalment in the Jerry Kennedy series. The novel was first published in 1992; this paperback edition is from 1994.
For readers of legal thrillers and crime fiction; the cover includes a quote from The Sunday Times comparing the work to John Grisham.
George V. Higgins was an American author, lawyer, newspaper columnist, raconteur and college professor. He authored more than thirty books, including Bomber's Law, Trust, and Kennedy for the Defense, and is best known for his bestselling crime novels, including The Friends of Eddie Coyle, which established the Boston noir genre of gangster tales that spawned several popular films by followers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
