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Book SynopsisIn London, George Fowler heads a lucrative criminal syndicate that specializes in illegal pornography. Fowler is king, with a beautiful woman at his side and a swanky penthouse office, but his world is in jeopardy. Someone is undermining his empire from within, and Fowler becomes increasingly ruthless in his pursuit of the unknown...
Trade ReviewThe book is outstanding: Lewis ... judges perfectly when to horrify the reader and when to hold back... But the book is also funny and zestful: Lewis's delight in his complex double-cross plot and low-life characters is infectious, and there is poetry in his stark evocation of Lincolnshire's desperate tattiness. It's equal parts suicide note and celebration of the human ability to find reasons to keep going -- Jake Kerridge * The Daily Telegraph *
His characters have no tenderness, the settings are bleak, but this isn't pulp fiction - it's real writing -- Richard Preston * The Times *
GBH is the final masterpiece of one of England's finest, but still most neglected post-war writers -- David Peace
epic... a masterpiece that stacks against the best hard-nosed gritty crime fiction written anywhere -- Paul Burke * NB Magazine *
Lewis's swan-song... a guy who had artistry coming out of his pores * Mulholland Books *
