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Language: English
Published by Corgi (edition paperback / softback), 1986
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- Title
- The Smoke
- Author
- Barling, Tom
- Publisher
- Corgi (edition paperback / softback)
- Publication year
- 1986
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0552125040
- ISBN 13
- 9780552125048
- Edition
- paperback / softback.
[B]COMBINING THE BRUTAL POWER OF THE GODFATHER, THE ELECTRIC TENSION OF THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY AND THE RAW HUMOUR OF MINDER…
THE SMOKE[/B]
When a Maltese assassin buries Archie Ogle, London's 'Godfather,' under a collapsed building, thirty years of peace are swept away as the old gangland loyalties end in a bitter struggle for supremacy.
Now everybody wants a piece of the action. Eyetie Antoni dreams of a Mafia empire in the West End. The Troys from Bethnal Green want Archie's Mayfair casinos while the Harolds want to destroy the Troys' control of the East End. The Tonnas from Toronto want Archie's international money laundry, the Triads see London as the drugs capital of Europe, and a shadowy City financier plans to forge his own organisation from the shambles.
Only one man – Charlie Dance, professional villain and Archie's top gun – stands in the way of all of them. Divided by greed and the brutal lust for power, they are united in one common aim – KILL CHARLIE DANCE!
THE SMOKE sweeps from climax to climax: across the battle-scarred map of London, through the drug networks of Asia to a final explosive confrontation in the diamond fields of South Africa where Charlie Dance makes a last desperate stand.
THE SMOKE[/B]
When a Maltese assassin buries Archie Ogle, London's 'Godfather,' under a collapsed building, thirty years of peace are swept away as the old gangland loyalties end in a bitter struggle for supremacy.
Now everybody wants a piece of the action. Eyetie Antoni dreams of a Mafia empire in the West End. The Troys from Bethnal Green want Archie's Mayfair casinos while the Harolds want to destroy the Troys' control of the East End. The Tonnas from Toronto want Archie's international money laundry, the Triads see London as the drugs capital of Europe, and a shadowy City financier plans to forge his own organisation from the shambles.
Only one man – Charlie Dance, professional villain and Archie's top gun – stands in the way of all of them. Divided by greed and the brutal lust for power, they are united in one common aim – KILL CHARLIE DANCE!
THE SMOKE sweeps from climax to climax: across the battle-scarred map of London, through the drug networks of Asia to a final explosive confrontation in the diamond fields of South Africa where Charlie Dance makes a last desperate stand.
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