John King

• Aug-2001
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For fifteen-year-old Martin, the summer of 1977 means punk rock, reggae music, disco girls, stolen cars, and a job picking cherries with the gypsies. Life is sweet -- until he is beaten up and thrown in the Grand Union Canal with his best mate Smiles...

• Sep-2005
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Iran is a country governed by Islamic principles, which sometimes poses a challenge to the West. This book answers key questions, such as: How did Iran become an Islamic Republic? What caused the Iranian government's hostility toward the United S...

• Mar-2008
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In Skinheads, John King takes us inside skinhead culture today and explains how it never really went away.

Skinheads is the story of a way of life, told through three generations of a family: Terry English, original ska-loving skinhead and bos...

• Feb-2010
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Ruby James lives life to the full, the state-run hospital where she works as a nurse a microcosm of the community in which she was born and bred. While some outsiders might label the people of this town “white trash,” she knows different, revelin...

• Oct-2011
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Following on from his bestselling study of violence, The Football Factory, John King considers Britain's other obsession - sex. Formed in the chemical mists of New Year's Eve, The Sex Division sees the once sacred act of procreation at its most mater...

• May-2014
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In a truly diverse collection, John King's stories cross over many genres: mainstream, crime, literary, horror, thriller, suspense and even the apocalyptic. Some are contemporary, others historical, and most have unexpected twists which readers will ...

• May-2014
• / Literary
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In these three gripping tales, John King explores love both lost and found. In The Last Word, a young couple's miscommunication leads to an unwanted breakup and acts of sexual violence. In The Trophy Wife, the perfect romantic French vacation becomes...

• Jul-2014
• / Thriller
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To his friends, Matt and Gaby, Jeff had it all: a multi-million dollar business, a swank upper east-side apartment, and a beautiful stunning young wife, Erica. But things were not as they seemed. When Jeff returned from a month in Francewithout his w...

• Aug-2014
• / Thriller
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Suspense fans should enjoy John King's novel, The Big Mouth. It's a crime thriller about a well-to-do New Jersey man who foolishly brags about his wealth and high cash position to win a political argument at a holiday party. Big mistake. He might win...

• Nov-2014
• / Thriller
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John King's second novel, Maid of Honor, is a tale of questionable love, money, and betrayal.Ben Taylor was having the time of his life in college. He was young, popular, and handsome. When he receives a letter from a strange girl admonishing him for...

• Dec-2014
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• Apr-2015
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• May-2016
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It is sometime in the future and the individual nations of Europe no longer exist. The EU's mission has reached its final stage in the form of the USE, with power fully centralised. This corporate-driven, closet dictatorship promotes New Democracy, i...

• Oct-2017
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Eighteen-year-old Ellen Parker had just finished her freshman year. She thought the summer of 1972 was going to be her best. She was going to live with her boyfriend in his fraternity house. But on the day of the big move, she finds herself cruelly d...

• Nov-2018
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• Nov-2018
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• Apr-2019
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Guy Psycho and the Postmodernaires are broke.An enigmatic billionaire offers them five million dollars for a private performance of their lounge act. Somehow, that performance includes re-enacting an ancient Assyrian epic deep inside a mountain in Te...

• Dec-2020
• / Literary
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• Nov-2021
• / Thriller
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What happens when you start delving into the seedy world of big business and corporate corruption? When deception, misrepresentation and dishonesty combine with powerful individuals and a toxic leadership style, the results can be deadly.Bitter Water...

• Mar-2023
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Having examined England's twin obsessions - violence and sex - in THE FOOTBALL FACTORY and HEADHUNTERS, John King completes his trilogy with ENGLAND AWAY: sex and violence abroad, under the Union Jack. The novel works on three levels - past, pres...

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The Football Factory is driven by its two main characters -- late-twenties warehouseman Tommy Johnson and retired ex-soldier Bill Farrell. Tommy is angry at his situation in life and those running the country. Outside of work, he is a lively, outspok...

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