Get Carter (Jack Carter Trilogy Book 1)

Get Carter (Jack Carter Trilogy Book 1)

<p><b>Famously adapted into the iconic film starring Michael Caine, <i>Get Carter€"</i>originally published as <i>Jack€s Return Home€"</i>ranks among the most canonical of crime novels.</b></p><p><b>With a special Foreword by Mike Hodges, director of <i>Get Carter</i></b></p><p>It€s a rainy night in the mill town of Scunthorpe when a London fixer named Jack Carter steps off a northbound train. He€s left the neon lights and mod lifestyle of Soho behind to come north to his hometown for a funeral€"his brother Frank€s. Frank was very drunk when he drove his car off a cliff and that doesn€t sit well with Jack. Mild-mannered Frank never touched the stuff.</p><p>Jack and Frank didn€t exactly like one another. They hadn€t spoken in years and Jack is far from the sentimental type. So it takes more than a few people by surprise when Jack starts plying his trade in order to get to the bottom of his brother€s death. Then again, Frank€s last name was Carter, and that€s Jack€s name too. Sometimes that€s enough.</p><p>Set in the late 1960s amidst the smokestacks and hardcases of the industrial north of England, <i>Get Carter</i> redefined British crime fiction and cinema alike. Along with the other two novels in the Jack Carter Trilogy, it is one of the most important crime novels of all time.</p><br /><br /><br /><i>From the Trade Paperback edition.</i>