Book description
Layer cake (n): a metaphor for the murky layers of the criminal world.
Smooth-talking drug dealer X has a plan to quietly bankroll enough cash to retire before his thirtieth birthday. Operating under the polished veneer of a legitimate businessman, his mantra is to keep a low profile and run…
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1 author picked Layer Cake as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A rare re-reading of a novel, this was done ahead of an event with the author. It’s proof that although a film can be brilliant, the novel underpinning it does take us that little bit deeper into a given world. Published some twenty-five years ago, the characters within this crime novel still see it stand up. X is a drug dealer with the intelligence to want out of the game, but it won’t be easy. Peppered liberally with humour, it was neatly combines the knockabout playfulness of ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’ with the more serious study of crime…
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