The Digger’s Game

A riveting George V. Higgins masterpiece about Jerry Doherty and his trip to Vegas that puts him eighteen grand in the hole.
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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���he 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.