Layer Cake - Softcover

Connolly, J. J.

4.02

1,915 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0715630962 ISBN 13: 9780715630969

Publisher: Duckbacks, 2002

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A gripping and original story of one young gangster's attempt to leave the corruption behind him. Layer Cake reveals a modern underworld where the rules have changed. There are no 'codes', or 'families', and respect lasts as long as a line. The ultimate last job, a love interest called Tammy and an international drug ring, threaten to draw him back into the 'cake mix'. But, time is running out and the penalty will endure a lifetime.

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About the Author:

J. J. Connolly is 35 and lives in London, where until recently he ran a flower stall. Layer Cake is J. J. Connolly's first novel.

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The worst thing about drug dealing, whether you're a classy top dealer trading millions or a down-and-out street pusher, is that you have to relate to a lot of total idiots - loudmouths and tough-guy wannabes who aren't afraid to "get nicked by old bill and thrown in the boob" (arrested by police and jailed). The unnamed main character of Connolly's flawless, lightning-swift pulp crime drama - rich in the language of the British underworld - is a smoothly diplomatic 29-year-old cocaine dealer who has earned a respected place among England's Mafia elite. He manages high-level trafficking with a tough old veteran partner, Mister Mortimer, a man who has seen his share of prison and deadly fights. Just as the young dealer is eyeing an early retirement from the business, big boss Jimmy Price hands down a tough assignment: find Charlotte Ryder, the missing rich princess daughter of Jimmy's old pal Edward, a powerful construction business player and gossip papers socialite. Complicating matters are two million pounds' worth of Grade A ecstasy, a brutal neo-Nazi sect and a whole series of double crossings. Navigating the many levels of the international underworld, Connolly convincingly chronicles his anti-hero's transformation from a turn-the-other-cheek diplomat to a revenge-charged hit man, setting his sights on anyone who stands in his way. It's the good bad guys against the bad bad guys in this brilliantly crafted, linguistically dense, European wise-guy tale, and readers will find themselves funning for the triumph of lesser evil.
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