VIVA LA MADNESS
Book ID/图书代码： 04300010B40437
English Summary/英文概要： The long-awaited sequel to the cult classic Layer Cake.
The authentic voice of British gangster fiction returns with a tour de force in this long-awaited sequel to Layer Cake, the bestselling debut by J.J. Connolly that ’jump-started British crime fiction into the present’ (Uncut). More authentic in its language and scene-setting, smarter in its characterisation and plotting than anything that had previously gone by the name of gangster fiction, Layer Cake attracted a big cult following and became a Crime bestseller (it also became the most shop-lifted book in Britain). The Get Carter of the noughties, Layer Cake has also been made into a highly-praised film by Matthew Vaughn, starring Daniel Craig, Michael Gambon and Sienna Miller. Now J. J. Connolly is back with a sequel that sees him on the same stunning form, with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue and quick-fire violence, but also finding dark humour and pathos in the lives of violent men. From the many levels of the London underworld portrayed in Layer Cake, Viva la Madness moves to international crime with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high-tech electronic fraud, portrayed with the same uncanny believability. The anonymous hero of Layer Cake is pulled back into the drug game before he can escape to a sunny retirement: in an authentic but dazzling combination of London low-life, Caribbean high-life and Venezuelan drug cartels toting machine-guns in Mayfair. The brilliance and the madness is back:’Viva la madness!’
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 期盼已久的续集终于问世了。
在这部续集里面，你将有幸重温英国帮派文学的原始风貌，本书作者可是被誉为“将英国犯罪小说带回当代”的J.J.考诺丽。先前帮派文学中遗失的原汁原味诸如语言、场景设定、人物描述以及情节设计，在这部小说中又将重现，这种特质也为他赢得了一票读者，并一跃成为犯罪类畅销作家。从这部作品中，我们不难发现，继《夹心蛋糕》（LAYER CAKE）描绘伦敦下层社会之后，此番J.J.考诺丽（J.J. Connolly）带来的这部续集依旧不改其犀利风格，只是这一部作品开始转向横渡大西洋的毒品交易、洗黑钱以及高科技电子诈骗等国际犯罪题材。甚至，《夹心蛋糕》里的无名英雄也为了寻求更好的生活而涉嫌贩毒。疯狂也好，聪明也罢，至少它们都回来了。(XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：’Flashed as The Long Firm meets The Sopranos, it knocks the former into a cocked hat’ --Independent on Sunday
Layer Cake is a storming piece of work’ --D. J. Taylor
’One novel in and Connolly has hit the jackpot, jump-started British crime fiction into the present - Like good drug fiction you’re given glamour and squalor, a voyeuristic thrill, and the bill.’ --Uncut
’A name to whet the appetites of readers and critics alike’ --Francis Gilbert, The Times
I vaguely remember we have sold LAYER CAKE. It was also a great movie.
About the Author/作者介绍： 继《夹心蛋糕》（LAYER CAKE）描绘伦敦下层社会之后，此番J.J.考诺丽（J.J. Connolly）带来的这部续集依旧不改其犀利风格，只是这一部作品开始转向横渡大西洋的毒品交易、洗黑钱以及高科技电子诈骗等国际犯罪题材。甚至，《夹心蛋糕》里的无名英雄也为了寻求更好的生活而涉嫌贩毒。疯狂也好，聪明也罢，至少它们都回来了。 Now J.J. Connolly is back with a sequel that sees him on the same stunning form, with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue and quick-fire violence, but also finding dark humour and pathos in the lives of violent men. From the many levels of the London underworld portrayed in LAYER CAKE, VIVA LA MADNESS moves to international crime with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high-tech electronic fraud, portrayed with the same uncanny believability. The anonymous hero of LAYER CAKE is pulled back into the drug game before he can escape to low-life, Caribbean high-life and Venezuelan drug cartels toting machine-guns in Mayfair. The brilliance and the madness are back: ‘Viva la madness!’
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