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GBH, April 2015
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Get Carter, September 2014
Paperback / e-Book
SoHo Books
April 2015
On Sale: April 21, 2015
Featuring: George Fowler
ISBN: 1616955503 EAN: 9781616955502 Kindle: B00N6PCHTS Hardcover / e-Book
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British crime icon Ted Lewis’s lost masterwork, an unnerving
tale of paranoia and madness in the heart of the 1970s
London criminal underworld, published in the US for the
first time Two intertwining narratives—past and present—chronicle a
man’s tragic fall from power. In London, George Fowler
resides at the head of a lucrative criminal syndicate that
specializes in the production and distribution of “blue
films”—nasty illegal pornography. Fowler is king, with a
beautiful girl at his side and a swanky penthouse office
atop a high-rise, but his entire world is in jeopardy.
Someone is undermining his empire from within, and Fowler
becomes increasingly ruthless in his pursuit of the unknown
traitor. As his paranoia envelops him, Fowler loses trust in
just about everyone, including his closest friends and
associates, and begins to rely on the opinions of an
increasingly smaller set of advisors. Juxtaposed with the terror and violence of Fowler’s last
days in London is the flash-forward narrative of his hideout
bunker in a tiny English beach town, where Fowler skulks
during the off-season amongst the locals, trying to put
together the pieces of his fallen empire. Just as it seems
possible for Fowler to reclaim his throne, another trigger
threatens to cause his total, irreparable unraveling. British crime icon Ted Lewis's second novel, Get Carter,
became the 1970s hit film of the same name starring Michael
Cain. GBH is Lewis's final work, now available for the first
time in the US, and its momentous rediscovery will delight
fans of the genre and introduce readers to a gritty,
terrifying side of London's streets.
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