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Jake Arnott
Jake Arnott
The Long FirmThe Long Firm
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Audio Tape Hodder Headline Audio (2001)
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London. The 1960s. The capital is swinging, but beneath the boomtown there's a dark underbelly... Harry Starks is a man of many talents - club owner, racketeer, porn king and keen Judy Garland fan, to name but a few. His business is fronting violence with rough charm, putting on the frighteners while trying to jump the counter into legitimacy.
Five characters chart Harry's rise and fall in an epic testimony where high life meets lowlife as the seedy end of the swinging Sixties is brought into ruthless verisimilitude.
‘This is pulp fiction so polished as to be immaculate’ New Statesman
‘Arnott brilliantly captures the gaudy, glamorous, seedy and sordid side of the 60s underworld and showbusiness society. A must-read… makes Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels seem like Listen with Mother’ Terry O’Neill, Elle
‘Done so cannily that it virtually winks at you’ The Sunday Times
'Truly fascinating...Arnott's ability to powerfully resurrect an era...is astonishing. A great read' Guardian
'Very funny, oddly touching and unobtrusively perceptive...l enjoyed it considerably more than Hannibal' Evening Standard
'Cool, stylish and venomous...one of the smartest, funniest and original novels you will read all year' Independent on Sunday 2 Cassettes Running Time: approx. 2 hrs
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About The Author
Jake Arnott was born in 1961, and lives in London. His first novel, The Long Firm, was published in 1999 to huge public and critical acclaim and is now being made into a television series by the BBC.

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Bibliography
N.B. dates and publishers in dark red indicate British First Editions. Dates and publishers in black indicate recent reprints.

  • The Long Firm (Hodder Headline Audio, 2001)

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