Jack's Return Home
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"Jack's Return Home" is a 1970 crime novel by Ted Lewis that follows a London gangster returning to his northern hometown to investigate his brother’s suspicious death, and later became famous as the basis for the film "Get Carter."
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Jack's Return Home canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Get Carter (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Get Carter (US title, later editions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ted Lewis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
ⓘ
noir fiction ⓘ |
| hasCoverArtist | Janet Halverson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFilmAdaptation | Get Carter (1971 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSequel |
Jack Carter and the Mafia Pigeon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jack Carter's Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | British noir crime fiction ⓘ |
| isbn | 978-0-9719200-0-4 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | British noir ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Jack Carter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for the film Get Carter ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| pageCount | 192 ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A London gangster returns to his northern hometown to investigate his brother’s suspicious death. ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation | gangster ⓘ |
| protagonistResidence | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| publisher | Michael Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Northern England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
corruption
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family loyalty ⓘ organized crime ⓘ revenge ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfSetting | late 1960s ⓘ |
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