Get Carter
The arresting novel which inspired the iconic movie
Published on 30. May 2019
288 pages
978-0-7490-2505-2 (ISBN)
Description
THE NOVEL BEHIND THE CULT FILM STARRING MICHAEL CAINE Doncaster, and Jack Carter is home for a funeral - his brother Frank's. Frank's car was found at the bottom of a cliff, with Frank inside. He was not only dead drunk but dead as well. What could have made sensible Frank down a bottle of whisky and get behind the wheel? For Jack, his death doesn't add up. So he decides to talk to a few people, do some sniffing around. He does, but is soon told to stop. By Gerald and Les, his bosses from the smoke. Not to mention the men who run things in Doncaster, who aren't happy with Jack's little holiday at home. They want him back in London, and fast. Now Frank was a mild man and did as he was told, but Jack's not a bit like that ...
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
London
United Kingdom
File size
0,91 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-7490-2505-2 (9780749025052)
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01/2013
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.
