Voto= ⭐⭐⭐ 1/2Protagonista di questo “crime” è un giovane pusher che, dopo essersi fatto strada nel mondo del traffico di droga, decide di tirarsi fuori dagli “affari” e godersi la vita grazie a un’oculata amministrazione dei lauti guadagni ottenuti negli anni, ma Jimmy Price, un padrino vecchio stampo, prima di lasciarlo andar via senza interferire, si aspetta da lui un ultimo favore a cui il pusher non può dire di no, ma quello che non sa è che accettando questo incarico egli si troverà trascin...

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"You're born, you take shit. Get out in the world, you take more shit. Climb a little higher, you take less shit. Until one day you're up in the rarified atmosphere and you've forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake, son."

In much the same way as Irvine Welsh’s Trainspotting defined a generation in Scottish fiction, I believe that Layer Cake did much the same for London based crime fiction. The influence of this book on some of the best known London noir crime writers is inescapable, and J. J. Connolly really set the bar high for those following in his wake. It’s been a real pleasure dusting off my old copy of this and entering this violent and visceral world once again…The characterisation of this disparate band ...

I was really impressed by the movie which is a roller coaster ride with layers of betrayal, subterfuge, & a fantastic ending, so when my boss handed me the audiobook, I was thrilled to read it. It had been a long time since I'd watched the movie, so I wasn't worried about the inevitable divergence. There wasn't much, but I'll point some out under spoiler tags. If you haven't read this or watched the movie, don't read them. This story is all the better for not knowing what is going to happen ...

An unnamed protagonist and his associate Mr Mortimer run a successful drug dealing business but things start to go wrong when they get called on to do a favour, for someone higher up the food chain Mr Jimmy Price, to find the missing daughter of another powerful gangster, while there’s also the small matter of two million stolen high grade ecstasy pills to contend with. Rich in baffling lingo and jargon this is a tricky book to get into, taking a certain amount of dedicated patience on the part ...

Много готина кримка!

Филмът по нея с Даниъл Крейг също е добър.

Several weeks have gone by, and I'm still not sure if I liked this book. I think I did. It certainly kept me guessing, and I definitely did not expect the end. It just took a while to get into. But once I did, I (think) I liked it.Our unnamed protagonist deals coke. He's about to turn 30, he's got quite the little nest egg and he's ready to retire. He doesn't want to be some old gangster. But he gets roped in one more job for his boss (and his boss's boss), and of course, it all goes south on hi...

This is a really great book. The author gets right into the mind of the drug dealing central character. His knowledge of the drugs world is quite astonishing and I say this as a former drugs squad detective. I found it quite odd (especially taking into account my background) that the main character (he who remains nameless)is actually the hero of the story and becomes a character who you find yourself wanting to succeed. It is a fantastic roller coaster ride with stunningly good and completely c...

The author did a much better job adapting it into a movie.