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Zusatztext Arnott is both witty and gritty. Informationen zum Autor 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 . Klappentext A blistering take on Cool Britannia and London's underbelly in the 1990s, the third novel in Jake Arnott's loose trilogy following The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers . It's 1995, and crime is the new cool. Actress Julie wants none of it as she comes to terms with her hidden criminal roots. But her public-school boyfriend is going all mockney and writing the script of his 'classic British gangster movie'. Meanwhile, 'Geezer' Gaz, wannabe villain, is losing control as he preys on the Essex rave scene. And sixties gang boss Harry Starks is back to haunt them all . . . New lads meet old lags, celebrity villains mix with media types and Cool Britannia is stripped bare in wickedly sardonic fashion. Welcome to Cruel Britannia. A blistering take on Cool Britannia and London's underbelly in the 1990s, the third novel in Jake Arnott's loose trilogy following The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers . Zusammenfassung A blistering take on Cool Britannia and London's underbelly in the 1990s, the third novel in Jake Arnott's loose trilogy following The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Jake Arnott, Arnott Jake
• Verlag: Sceptre
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 21.06.2004
• EAN: 9780340818572
• ISBN: 978-0-340-81857-2
• Seiten: 352
• Abmessung: 131 mm x 197 mm x 23 mm
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, FICTION / Crime, FICTION / Literary, 1990s; gang; gangster; Cool Britannia; Soho; Harry Starks; Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels; Long Firm; He Kills Coppers; David Bowie; criminal underworld; geezer chic, Crime and mystery fiction, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary