{"product_id":"layer-cake","title":"Layer Cake","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe inspiration for the major motion picture starring Daniel Craig: a high-octane crime novel set in the dangerous London underworld of the 1990s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKingpins, dealers, rival gangs, false allegiances, bad faith, and good money. There are many levels to the world of drugs lurking beneath the polished surface of London--a \"layer cake\" of crime that can chew up and spit out even the most experienced of players. Though he's only twenty-nine, our narrator (\"If I told you my name, you'd be as clever as me\") has made a small fortune in cocaine, enough to retire by thirty if he plays his cards right.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut then word comes down that Jimmy Price, one of the biggest Dons in the city, has a job for him, one last big score that could set him up for good. All he has to do is find Charlotte Ryder--and then figure out how to escape the tangled web of the underworld alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA high-intensity novel filled with bluffs and double crosses, dangerous enemies and even more treacherous allies, \u003ci\u003eLayer Cake\u003c\/i\u003e is a \"walloping debut\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e), guaranteed to take you on a breathless, breakneck ride from the first page to the final con.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A storming piece of work: funny and serious by turns, with an abiding sense of conviction.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grove Press, Black Cat","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52345069011160,"sku":"9780802141682","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0833\/0369\/4552\/files\/imageloader_c3e95e2f-3d06-44d2-bfa3-947976e0e77e.jpg?v=1788291242","url":"https:\/\/bigredbooks.shop\/products\/layer-cake","provider":"Big Red Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}