Guttersnipe by Gerald Kersh7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() It was later republished, as a tie-in for the 1992 film version, by Brainiac Books in 1993. The novel was originally published by Michael Joseph in 1938 and was the author's first successful novel. Desperate and at rock bottom Harry will try anything to ensure he comes out on top. On one side the police are closing in on the other those he has swindled come calling. However, while his acts of pimping, blackmail, promoting professional wrestling, and deception are successful, the proceeds of crime soon slip from his hands.Įventually his world starts to come down around him. All those around him are treated as a means to an end without exception. The protagonist of the novel is Harry Fabian, a morally reprehensible pimp determined to become the top wrestling promoter in London.ĭuring the course of the novel Fabian is embroiled in various unscrupulous money-making ventures. It is a crime thriller set in 1930s London but also deals with social realism themes in the aftermath of the Great Depression. Night and the City is the third novel by British author Gerald Kersh, published in 1938. ![]()
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