GBH

From the writer of the 70's crime fiction classic Get Carter comes this plot led (yes, I actually read a plot-lead story!) of hardcore London gangster pornographer couple the George and Jean Fowler, who are not only prolific slow-torture murderers but get off on their kills. Compromised of two alter......more

Es un autor que idolatro y muy poco conocido. Sus dos novelas sobre Carter me parecieron impresionantes. Pero esta no llega a la misma cota. No está mal, pero... La historia está bien y los personajes también, pero no te ríes tanto ni la trama es tan atractiva. He is an idolized author and very little......more

Absolutely stunning. One of the best crime books I have ever read. The darkest possible shade of noir. I'm reeling. GBH is extraordinary. Ted Lewis is best known for Get Carter (1970, aka Jack's Return Home), another UK crime masterpiece. I've also read the other two Jack Carter novels and after the......more

A TLS reviewer was sceptical of the claim in the new biography of Ted Lewis that he was the British Albert Camus. But Jack Carter continues to haunt me nearly half a century since we first heard Michael Caine deliver the best line in his career: “A pint of bitter [pause] in a thin glass,” in a low-l......more

GBH is an assault on the senses. The protagonist’s life is split into two alternating sections, The Smoke and The Sea. In The Smoke, we’re in the past. George Fowler is leading a successful and violent criminal gang that makes most of its money peddling porn movies. For Fowler, his cold ruthless wife......more