The Long Firm by Jake Arnott - 1999

Soho Press, Incorporated. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Soho Press, 1999-09-01. Hardcover. Used: Good.

New York: Soho Press, 1999 First Printing. NFine/NFine. Not remainder marked or price clipped, . First Edition. Hard Cover. NFine/NFine.

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Soho Pr Inc, 1999. 1st. Ed. A stark story set in the club scene 1960's London. Big man Harry Starks is about to be cut down to size. Harry tries a series of scams, five to be precise, and none of them work. It's just not Harry's day. Book is bright and tight.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Incorporated, 2001. First Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine+.

NY: Soho, 1999. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Handsome, straight copy. Flawless book and jacket, in mylar wrapper. *We feel that books offered for internet sale should be described thoroughly and accurately. We assure the buyer that books listed by Brass Dolphin are so described, using the strict, traditional standards.*

Soho Press, 1999-09-01 . Hardcover. New.

Soho Press, 1999-09-01. Hardcover. Like New. Mylar cover over the dust jacket - my shelf location 43-d-18

Soho Pr Inc. Used - Very Good. :)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Soho Press, Inc., 1999. First U.S. Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. As New/Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A 'long firm' is a particular type of scam perpetrated by British gangs on unsuspecting innocents. Harry Starks is a kind of fraud, too. He like to think of himself as an impresario in roaring-60s London, a club owner. Certainly, he is a romantic but, in truth, he is a gangster, a rival of the infamous Krays and every bit as ruthless (and gay). He has an expensive flat in Chelsea full of scrapbooks showing him with Sonny Liston, Johnny Ray, Ruby Ryder, and other celebrities who appear at his club. Even Judy Garland. He likes to hobnob with fighters and performers and, recently, a member of parliament whose allegiance he has cultivated. Harry collects them, as if proximity will give him legitimacy. "Show business is in my blood," he boasts to a friend and prospective victim. Show business, i.e., together with larceny and sadism.… Read More