The long firm
Arnott, Jake2007
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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 cult bestseller that launched Jake Arnott as one of the most exciting new voices of the decade - '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.
Main title:
The long firm / Jake Arnott.
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Imprint:
London : Sceptre, 2000.
Collation:
343 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
ISBN:
9780340748787 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
Language:
English
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BRN:
35031
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