{"product_id":"layer-cake-paperback","title":"Layer Cake - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. J. Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the major motion picture starring Daniel Craig: a high-octane crime novel set in the dangerous London underworld of the 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingpins, dealers, rival gangs, false allegiances, bad faith, and good money. There are many levels to the world of drugs lurking beneath the polished surface of London--a \"layer cake\" of crime that can chew up and spit out even the most experienced of players. Though he's only twenty-nine, our narrator (\"If I told you my name, you'd be as clever as me\") has made a small fortune in cocaine, enough to retire by thirty if he plays his cards right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then word comes down that Jimmy Price, one of the biggest Dons in the city, has a job for him, one last big score that could set him up for good. All he has to do is find Charlotte Ryder--and then figure out how to escape the tangled web of the underworld alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-intensity novel filled with bluffs and double crosses, dangerous enemies and even more treacherous allies, \u003ci\u003eLayer Cake\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"walloping debut\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), guaranteed to take you on a breathless, breakneck ride from the first page to the final con.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A storming piece of work: funny and serious by turns, with an abiding sense of conviction.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. J. Connolly\u003c\/b\u003e has wrote \u003ci\u003eLayer Cake\u003c\/i\u003e and adapted it for the screen. He is currently working on a follow-up novel. He lives and works in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.84 x 8.36 x 5.58 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 31, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48637822861451,"sku":"9780802141682","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/2579\/7259\/files\/YquF41ID-K9780802141682.webp?v=1784825149","url":"https:\/\/thetaletrade.com\/products\/layer-cake-paperback","provider":"The Tale Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}