An edition of Defending Billy Ryan (1992)

Defending Billy Ryan

UNABRIDGED edition
Defending Billy Ryan
George V. Higgins
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An edition of Defending Billy Ryan (1992)

Defending Billy Ryan

UNABRIDGED edition

Twelve years ago Jerry Kennedy delivered his first report, Kennedy for the Defense, on being the classiest sleazy criminal lawyer in Boston, as Mack, his then-wife, called him. Seven years ago, Jerry called in again, with Penance for Jerry Kennedy. After that, things only got worse. Much worse. But in this latest dispatch, we learn that Jerry is digging himself out of a big hole, defending Billy Ryan - the longtime commissioner of Public Works has cut one shady deal too many.

Battered Boston lawyers, like bargain diamonds, don't look so hot under strong white light - especially decades after they were newly cut and mounted. Though Jerry, brighter than most defense attorneys, has lost some of his luster, he knows enough to depend on friends - especially Bad-eye Mulvey, Cadillac Teddy, and one he didn't know he had: a heavy-hitter named Carlo.

Jerry Kennedy also knows that the government can always get a public official if it really wants to - a situation made easier when a plea-bargaining crooked state legislator (Public Works Committee, natch) named Jack Bonaventre is in good voice. So Jerry digs in, looking hard for that edge to discredit the prosecution. The drama that follows in and around the Suffolk County Superior Court is vintage Higgins - the sort of stylish prose that prompted the London Sunday Times to say: "It used to be Henry James's town, now George V.

Higgins has taken over Boston."

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Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan: Library Edition
August 2007, Blackstone Audiobooks
MP3 CD in English - MP3 Una edition
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan: Library Edition
August 2007, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio CD in English - Unabridged edition
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan
December 1997, Blackstone Audiobooks
Audio cassette in English - UNABRIDGED edition
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan: a Jerry Kennedy novel
1994, Warner
in English
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan
June 1993, G K Hall Audio Books
Audio cassette in English
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan
1993, Little, Brown
in English
Cover of: Defending Billy Ryan
Defending Billy Ryan: a Jerry Kennedy novel
1992, H. Holt
in English - 1st ed.

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Format
Audio cassette
Dimensions
9.5 x 6.7 x 1.2 inches
Weight
10.4 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9519037M
ISBN 10
0786112344
ISBN 13
9780786112340
OCLC/WorldCat
38870612

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