The Long Firm by Jake Arnott
Harry Starks, club owner, racketeer and porn king, is trying to jump the queue into legitimacy. This swinging sixties novel reveals the seedier side of London where the low life met the high life in the city's dark underbelly. The edition ties into the BBC TWO adaptation of the book.
One of the smartest, funniest and most original novels you will read all year.. Arnott is quite brilliant at excavating the cultural minutiae of the time to bring the period vividly to life - Independent on SundayTruly fascinating ... Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era is astonishing - GuardianThis is pulp fiction so polished as to be immaculate - New StatesmanTHE LONG FIRM manages to hook you from the first. It is compulsive reading, powerful writing with an evocative feel for the bleaker side of the Swinging Sixties - The TimesOutstanding ... as smooth as a seersucker suit, as sweet as a purple heart. Suck it and see. - Observer
Jake Arnott was born in Buckinghamshire in 1961. He has worked as a labourer, a mortuary technician, a theatrical agent's assistant, an artist's life model and a sign language interpreter as well as enjoying many fruitful periods of unemployment. His acting experience has included work on the Fringe in London, Edinburgh and Toronto as well as improvised comedy. He is the author of two other novels, the highly acclaimed HE KILLS COPPERS and TRUECRIME.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340752418 |
| ISBN 10 | 0340752416 |
| Title | The Long Firm |
| Author | Jake Arnott |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2004-05-24 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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