The LONG FIRM

Jake Arnott

ISBN 10: 156947169X / ISBN 13: 9781569471692

Verlag: Soho Press, 1999

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Inhaltsangabe:

A long firm is a particular type of scam perpetrated by British gangs on unsuspecting innocents. Harry Starks is a kind of fraud, too. He likes to think of himself as an impresario in roaring-60s London, a club owner. Certainly, he is a romantic but, in truth, he is a gangster, a rival of the infamous Krays and every bit as ruthless (and gay).
He has an expensive flat in Chelsea full of scrapbooks showing him with Sonny Liston, Johnny Ray, Ruby Ryder, and other celebrities who appear at his club. Even Judy Garland. He likes to hobnob with fighters and performers and, recently, a member of parliament whose allegiance he has cultivated. Harry collects them, as if proximity will give him legitimacy.
Harry Starks is a force, a contradiction. Harry is ingenuous and evil. He is menacing and ruthless, yet compelling, a romatic who insists on honor, insists on loyalty, on his cut of the cosmic pie. His generosity is as renowned as his barbarity, and he is very generous.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The LONG FIRM
Verlag: Soho Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket