# The Digger’s Game

Canonical: https://www.bookquiver.com/george-v-higgins/the-diggers-game/9781409137566

JSON version (same data): https://www.bookquiver.com/george-v-higgins/the-diggers-game/9781409137566.json

![The Digger’s Game](https://quivercdn.com/covers/orion/george-v-higgins/the-diggers-game_978-14-0913-756-6.jpg?v=2026-04-30%2007%3A26%3A44)

- Book: [The Digger’s Game](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-v-higgins/the-diggers-game) ([The Digger’s Game.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-v-higgins/the-diggers-game.md))
- Authors: [George V. Higgins](https://www.bookquiver.com/george-v-higgins)
- Publisher: Orion
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-0913-756-6
- Published: 2013-01-17
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

'Flawless of its kind - never a false word, phrase, rhythm, gesture.' - The New Republic 'Every American crime writer of the past 30 years owes a debt to George V Higgins. Higgins is the daddy. Read him and rejoice' Val McDermid Jerry 'Digger' Doherty is an ex-con and proprietor of a workingman's Boston bar, who supplements his income with the occasional 'odd job', like stealing live checks or picking up hot goods. His brother's a priest, his wife's a nag, and he has a deadly appetite for martinis and gambling. On a trip to Vegas, the Digger finds himself in the sights of a loan shark known as 'The Greek'. Luckily - if you call it luck - the Digger has been let in on a little job that can turn his gambling debt into a profit, if only he can pull it off without getting himself killed.