The Long Firm The first book in the Long Firm

Spiral

Condition: Good

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 likes 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.. Harry Starks is a force a contradiction. Harry is ingenuous and evil. He is menacing and ruthless yet compelling a romatic who insists on honor insists on loyalty on his cut of the cosmic pie. His generosity is as renowned as his barbarity and he is very generous.