Get Carter
The arresting novel which inspired the iconic movie
Published on 28. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-7490-1363-9 (ISBN)
Description
Doncaster, and Jack Carter is home for a funeral - his brother Frank's. Frank had been found dead and drunk in his car at the bottom of a cliff. Now, Frank was a mild, sober man, so why did he land up dead in his car at the bottom of a cliff? Jack thinks his death doesn't add up and decides to ask questions. But he is told to stop by Gerald and Les who run a porn 'firm' and Jack is their hit man. Frank did as he was told, but Jack is not like that . . .
This is a tough, uncompromising novel portraying a stark society of people living on the dangerous border-line between crime and respectability.
This is a tough, uncompromising novel portraying a stark society of people living on the dangerous border-line between crime and respectability.
Reviews / Votes
'When it comes to dealing you your actual hard men, no one has done it better than the late, great Ted Lewis' Arena 'It's only lately people have started calling him the greatest British hard-boiled writer. Him and Jack, the original hard men' GQMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
200 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7490-1363-9 (9780749013639)
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05/2019
Allison & Busby
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Person
Ted Lewis was born in Manchester in 1940. Before his death in 1982, he had published seven novels and written for television. Jack's Return Home was subsequently retitled Get Carter after the success of the film of the same name starring Michael Caine, which created the noir school of British crime writing and pushed Lewis into the bestseller list.