Smalltime — Jerry Raine

Finely crafted.... Raine could easily join the rank of John Harvey and Michael Dibden.""--Publishers Weekly (Starred Review). ""A quietly jolting first novel.... Offers an unsparing look at some sullen hoods and their dead-end lives in an economically depressed London suburb.""--Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review. ""A haunting story...gritty, gray, suffocating reality.""--Booklist