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The Long Firm

by Jake Arnott · 1999

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Harry Starks, club owner, racketeer and porn king, is trying to jump the queue into legitimacy. This swinging sixties novel reveals the seedier side of London where the low life met the high life in the city's dark underbelly.

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crimecrimeMore like thisLess of thisBritish mysteryBritish mysteryMore like thisLess of thismysterymysteryMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisnoirnoirMore like thisLess of this
Setting
1990s1990sMore like thisLess of thisLondonLondonMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 343 pages

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