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Get Carter, September 2014
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Soho Press, Incorporated
September 2014
On Sale: September 9, 2014
Featuring: Jack Carter; Frank
ISBN: 1616955031 EAN: 9781616955038 Kindle: B00J1HDB5Y Paperback / e-Book
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Famously adapted into the iconic film starring Michael Caine, Get Carterβoriginally published as Jackβs Return Homeβranks among the most canonical of crime novels. With a special Foreword by Mike Hodges, director of Get Carter Itβs a rainy night in the mill town of Scunthorpe when a London fixer named Jack Carter steps off a northbound train. Heβs left the neon lights and mod lifestyle of Soho behind to come north to his hometown for a funeralβhis brother Frankβs. Frank was very drunk when he drove his car off a cliff and that doesnβt sit well with Jack. Mild-mannered Frank never touched the stuff. Jack and Frank didnβt exactly like one another. They hadnβt spoken in years and Jack is far from the sentimental type. So it takes more than a few people by surprise when Jack starts plying his trade in order to get to the bottom of his brotherβs death. Then again, Frankβs last name was Carter, and thatβs Jackβs name too. Sometimes thatβs enough. Set in the late 1960s amidst the smokestacks and hardcases of the industrial north of England, Get Carter redefined British crime fiction and cinema alike. Along with the other two novels in the Jack Carter Trilogy, it is one of the most important crime novels of all time.
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