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16%OFFJake Arnott - Johnny Come Home - 9780340818596 - V9780340818596
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Johnny Come Home

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Description for Johnny Come Home Paperback. 'Hypnotic, feverish and altogether wonderful' (Guardian) - Jake Arnott's acclaimed successor to the bestselling LONG FIRM trilogy Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 202.

'Hypnotic, feverish and altogether wonderful' (Guardian) - the author of the bestselling Long Firm trilogy turns his eye on the anarchic 1970s.

As the dreams of the 1960s give way to anger and political unrest in the '70s, the charismatic anarchist Declan O'Connell commits suicide, leaving his boyfriend Pearson and fellow squatter Nina to try to make sense of what has happened.

Enter Sweet Thing, a streetwise rent boy, who has an uncanny hold over glam rock star Johnny Chrome; and in the wings lurks Detective Sergeant Walker of the newly formed Bomb Squad, who knows ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
202g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780340818596
SKU
V9780340818596
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Jake Arnott
Born in 1961, Jake Arnott lives in London. His first novel, The Long Firm, was a major critical and popular success. It was subsequently made into a BBC TV series, which was nominated for two BAFTA awards. His second novel, He Kills Coppers, was also made into a series by Channel 4. He has since published the novels truecrime, Johnny ... Read more

Reviews for Johnny Come Home
Rich in the forensic detail that's made Arnott the pop-culture laureate he is...breathless and compelling
Martin Horsfield, Time Out
Fascinating, compelling, pulpy - all you'd expect from a writer who just keeps getting better.
Arena
Bristling with contained energy and generating a white-hot unease. Best of all, the novel rescues the 1970s ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for Johnny Come Home


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