Book description
London. The 1960s. The capital is swinging, but underneath the boomtown
there's a dark underbelly. Meet Harry Starks: club owner, racketeer,
porn king, sociology graduate and keen Judy Garland fan. Harry's
business is fronting violence with rough charm and cheap glamour;
putting the frighteners on, performing menace while trying to
desperately trying to jump the counter into legitimacy. Five characters
tell five tales that combine in an extraordinary narrative that is both
an explosively paced thriller and brilliantly imagined sociological and
topographical portrait of sixties London. Jake Arnott was born in
1961, and lives in London. His debut novel, THE LONG FIRM, was published
by Sceptre in 1999 to huge public and critical acclaim. HE KILLS
COPPERS, TRUECRIME, JOHNNY COME HOME and THE DEVIL'S PAINTBRUSH have
followed to equal acclaim. Both THE LONG FIRM and HE KILLS COPPERS have
been made into widely praised TV dramas.
