'The satirical English novel of the decade' Observer

From the moment an unemployed City broker is devoured by an escapee from the Zoo, we are embarked upon a dazzling journey through '90s London. A city peopled by a rich and varied cast of characters with intriguingly different backgrounds: from the City, to journalism, the criminal underworld, advertising, music hall and the East End... while lurking in the background is nemesis, in the shape of a hungry lion.

'Does for London what Bonfire of the Vanities did for New York.' The Sunday Times

'The satirical English novel of the decade.' Observer

About the Author
Born in South Africa, Justin Cartwright lived in Britain after studying at Trinity College, Oxford. He worked in advertising and directed documentaries, films and television commercials, and wrote seventeen novels. They include the Booker-shortlisted In Every Face I Meet, the Whitbread Novel Award-winner Leading the Cheers, the acclaimed White Lightning, shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Novel Award, The Promise of Happiness, winner of the 2005 Hawthornden Prize, The Song Before It Is Sung, To Heaven By Water, Other People's Money, Lion Heart and Up Against the Night. His novel Look At It This Way was made into a three-part drama by the BBC in 1992, and he also published three works of non-fiction. He died in December 2018.


Book Information
ISBN 9780340768358
Author Justin Cartwright
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint Sceptre
Publisher Hodder & Stoughton
Weight(grams) 200g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 130mm * 19mm