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Drawing on historical figures, this is a seductive, cunning tale of crime, punishment and love among the thieves, prostitutes and charlatans of 1720's London. Laced with vibrant detail and deliciously evocative period language, Arnott's atmospheric novel is a Hogarth print come to life. It tells the tale of Jack Sheppard, apprentice-turned ...
Feb 25, 2017 · Jake Arnott is not kind to his characters. His flair for noir – corruption, menace and the psychosexuality of gangsters – transposes well into “Romeville”, the London underworld of the ...
Feb 18, 2017 · Jake Arnott. Illustration by Alan Vest. View image in fullscreen ‘It’s hard to explain my working day without it sounding like a cover story for time wasted’ … Jake Arnott. Illustration by ...
Jan 1, 2001 · Jake Arnott is a British novelist, author of The Long Firm and four other novels. In 2005 Arnott was ranked one of Britain's 100 most influential gay and lesbian people. When he was included in a list of the fifty most influential gay men in Britain in 2001, it was declared that he was widely regarded as one of Britain's most promising novelists.
Jun 29, 2012 · However, the most compelling of the real-life personae whom Arnott animates is Katharine Burdekin (1896-1963), a peripheral member of the Bloomsbury Group who, under the pseudonym Murray ...
Jul 21, 2012 · W hile all novelists are called upon to fictionalise reality, Jake Arnott stands out as a dark prince of confabulation. In books such as The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers he yoked together the ...
Jan 1, 2006 · Jake Arnott is a British novelist, author of The Long Firm and four other novels. In 2005 Arnott was ranked one of Britain's 100 most influential gay and lesbian people. When he was included in a list of the fifty most influential gay men in Britain in 2001, it was declared that he was widely regarded as one of Britain's most promising novelists.
