Layer Cake (novel)

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British novel crime novel novel thriller novel

Layer Cake (novel) is a 2000 British crime thriller by J.J. Connolly that follows an unnamed London cocaine dealer navigating the dangerous criminal underworld as he plans to retire from the drug trade.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British novel ⓘ
crime novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
thriller novel ⓘ
adaptedInto Layer Cake ⓘ
surface form: Layer Cake (film)
author J. J. Connolly ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
coverArtFeatures urban imagery ⓘ
depicts London criminal underworld ⓘ
cocaine trafficking ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Matthew Vaughn ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2004 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter J. J. Connolly ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
gangster fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
print ⓘ
hasISBN 0715630249 ⓘ
hasNarrativeTone darkly comic ⓘ
gritty ⓘ
hasSequel Viva La Madness ⓘ
hasSubject ambition ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
drug trade ⓘ
organized crime ⓘ
retirement from crime ⓘ
violence ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary British crime fiction ⓘ
literaryStyle hardboiled ⓘ
mainCharacterGoal to retire from the drug trade ⓘ
mainCharacterOccupation drug dealer ⓘ
market adult fiction ⓘ
narrativePointOfView first-person narrative ⓘ
notableFor depiction of layered criminal hierarchies ⓘ
use of an unnamed narrator ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
placeOfPublication London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
protagonist unnamed cocaine dealer ⓘ
publicationDate 2000 ⓘ
publisher Duckworth Press ⓘ
setIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
titleRefersTo layers of the criminal underworld ⓘ
social hierarchy in crime and business ⓘ

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Layer Cake → basedOn → Layer Cake (novel) ⓘ
George Harris → notableWork → Layer Cake (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Layer Cake