of Gravity (1997) The Agent (1999) At End of Day (2000) CollectionsThe Sins of the Fathers: Stories by George V. Higgins (André Deutsch 1988)The Easiest Thing in the World: The Unpublished Fiction of George V. Higgins (2004) Non fiction PoliticsThe Friends of Richard Nixon (1975)Style Versus Substance, a book about Boston Mayor Kevin White and his relations with the press (1984) BaseballThe Progress of the Seasons (1989) WritingOn Writing (1990) Filmography Films adapted from his novels:The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), from the book of the same name (1970)Killing Them Softly (2012), from Cogan's Trade'' (1974) References External links George Higgins archive at the University of South Carolina Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Reviews and articles from The New York Times George V. Higgins page at detnovel.com Bibliography, at Fantastic Fiction The George V. Higgins Collection, at the University of South Carolina 1939 births 1999 deaths Writers from Brockton, Massachusetts 20th-century American novelists American columnists American crime fiction writers American male novelists American political writers Writers from Boston Massachusetts lawyers The Boston Globe people Boston University faculty Boston College faculty Boston College alumni Boston College Law School alumni Stanford University alumni Lawyers from Boston 20th-century American lawyers People from Rockland, Massachusetts 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Massachusetts 20th-century American non-fiction writers American male non-fiction writers Sportswriters from Massachusetts