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'A gangster novel every bit as cool, stylish and venomous as the London in which it's set'
Independent on Sunday
'I'll tell you what happens now,' Harry says, reading my mind. 'You can go now. We're quits. You don't talk to anybody about anything. You've had a taste of what will happen if you do.'
Meet Harry Starks: club owner, racketeer, porn king, sociology graduate and Judy Garland fan. To be in his orbit is to be caught up in the music, the parties, the people and the sex of London in the Swinging Sixties. But behind the rough charm and cheap glamour is a man prepared to do what it takes to get what he wants.
Independent on Sunday
''Compulsive reading, powerful writing with an evocative feel for the bleaker side of the Swinging Sixties'
The Times
'I'll tell you what happens now,' Harry says, reading my mind. 'You can go now. We're quits. You don't talk to anybody about anything. You've had a taste of what will happen if you do.'
Meet Harry Starks: club owner, racketeer, porn king, sociology graduate and Judy Garland fan. To be in his orbit is to be caught up in the music, the parties, the people and the sex of London in the Swinging Sixties. But behind the rough charm and cheap glamour is a man prepared to do what it takes to get what he wants.
'Gracefully written, diligently and rewardingly researched, it is both exciting and funny. It takes the cliches of the genre and makes them sexy and freshly interesting'
Observer
'Truly fascinating . . . Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era is astonishing'
Guardian
'A gangster novel every bit as cool, stylish and venomous as the London in which it's set'
Independent on Sunday
''Compulsive reading, powerful writing with an evocative feel for the bleaker side of the Swinging Sixties'
The Times
'I'll tell you what happens now,' Harry says, reading my mind. 'Y...
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July 14, 2012
I saw the series on tv years ago and bought the book looking for the same; what I found was better. The same wit and humour, only coupled with a fantastic writing style and the ability to conjure up the spirit of a time and place that is rare. It is one of my " return to again and again" books.
mark whitlock
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January 2, 2014
His first and best book
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Jake Arnott was born in 1961, and lives in London. He is the author of THE LONG FIRM, published by Sceptre in 1999 and subsequently made into an acclaimed BBC TV series. His second novel, HE KILLS COPPERS, was also made into a series by Channel 4. He has since published the novels TRUECRIME, JOHNNY COME HOME, THE DEVIL'S PAINTBRUSH and THE HOUSE OF RUMOUR.
Jake Arnott was born in 1961, and lives in London. He is the author of THE LONG FIRM, published by Sceptre in 1999 and subsequently made into an acclaimed BBC TV series. His second novel, HE KILLS COPPERS, was also made into a series by Channel 4. He has since published the novels TRUECRIME, JOHN...
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