Killing Them Softly

改編電影【殺戮行動】由布萊德‧彼特領銜主演
令人大呼過癮的喬治‧希金斯超硬派黑幫小說

　　Jackie Cogan是個作風強硬的執法者，奉命調查一場賭場搶劫案。只見亦正亦邪的他從容地在幫派間穿梭，卻在真相即將水落石出之際，遭受事件幕後黑手連番索命式的報復追擊，Cogan陷入步步危機之中……。

　　搶劫案主謀究竟是誰？波士頓的地下秩序將會因此被顛覆？是否敢違背定律的，才稱得上是正義？

　　曾經做過記者、助理檢察官與律師的喬治‧希金斯，巧妙運用充滿機鋒的對白與高潮迭起的情節，讓槍火與善惡同步交戰，使得正義的重量在違背定律之後，全面崩解失控！

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　　Now a Major Motion Picture Starring Brad Pitt

　　A hard-hitting, tour-de force tale of the mob and the man who makes sure their rules are the only rules, by the American master of crime George V. Higgins.
 
　　Jackie Cogan is an enforcer for the New England mob. When a high-stakes card game is heisted by unknown hoodlums, Cogan is called in to “handle” the problem. Moving expertly and ruthlessly among a variety of criminal hacks, hangers-on, and bigger-time crooks—a classic cast of misfits animated by Higgins’s hilarious, cracklingly authentic dialogue—Cogan gets to the root of the problem and, with five consecutive shots from a Smith & Wesson thirty-eight Police Special, restores order to his corner of the Boston underworld.
 
　　Combining his remarkable wit and a singular ability to show criminal life as it is lived, George V. Higgins builds an incredible story of crime to an unforgettable climax.