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Originally Posted by muttonhead
I'd absolutely love to see Ted Lewis' Brit Crime classics be picked up for print here. I collected most of them while living in London a few years ago, and they are amongst the best crime novels I've read.
"Jack's Return Home" (The basis for the Michael Caine classic "Get Carter")
"Jack Carter's Law"
"Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon"
"Plender"
"Billy Rags"
"GBH"
All great reads!
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Good idea - it would be great to see these given the HCC treatment. 'Plender' was filmed as 'The Serpent' a couple of years ago. It's a french movie well worth watching. Not as good as 'Get Carter' though, but not many films are (edspecially the diabolical Stallone remake).