PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Nick Triplow is the author of the South London crime novel Frank's Wild Years.
LATE crime writer Lewis wrote Jack's Return Home, famously filmed as Get Carter with Michael Caine. These reissues of his less well-known work show what a talent he was. They capture the sleaze and violence of 60s London and the dark underbelly of the provinces. Jack Carter's Law is a prequel, with Jack hunting a gang informer and dangerously sleeping with his boss's wife. Billy Rags is Billy Cracken, a violent prisoner determined to see his kid. No heroes here, just compelling tales of bleak lives * SJC, The Sun * Yes, I can recommend reading this book, although it is a trifle depressing thinking what might have been for Ted Lewis -- Mark Timlin Getting Carter includes plenty of wonderful detail about the making of the film... there is much more to Lewis than this cult movie, as Triplow makes clear -- David Collard * Times Literary Supplement * [Triplow] is the kind of rigorous biographer Lewis deserves, and Getting Carter is an essential read -- Ray Banks * Noir City * Triplow does a fine job of demonstrating why Lewis's work should be rediscovered -- Jake Kerridge * Daily Telegraph *
