The Long Firm - Couverture souple

Arnott, Jake

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 034074877X ISBN 13 : 9780340748770

Editeur : Sceptre, 1999

Synopsis

In London in 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 narratives chart Harry's rise, fall, and eventual escape. Each one interlocks into an epic testimony where high life meets low life and real and imaginary characters spar with each other as the seedy end of the swinging sixties is revealed in ruthless verisimilitude. 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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, an actor 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 where he has in the past worked with Sceptre stable mate Stella Duffy. Jake Arnott now lives in London. 'The Long Firm' is his first novel. He is currently working on a second - 'A Tale of Foolish Curiosity' - a modern table of desire, jealousy and sexual intrigue.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Sceptre
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 034074877X
• ISBN 13: 9780340748770
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 354
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible