A01=Jake Arnott
Author_Jake Arnott
Category=FBA
criminal underworld
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gangster
Harry Starks
He Kills Coppers
Kray twins
London
Mark Strong
Soho
Product details
- ISBN 9780340748787
- Weight: 284g
- Dimensions: 130 x 196mm
- Publication Date: 17 Feb 2000
- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Born in 1961, Jake Arnott lives in London. His first novel, The Long Firm, was a major critical and popular success. It was subsequently made into a BBC TV series, which was nominated for two BAFTA awards. 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, The House of Rumour and, most recently, The Fatal Tree.
