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Synopsis

Jake Arnott's fourth novel Johnny Come Home (2006) shifts from a focus on the criminal underworld to the early 1970s with a plot involving The Angry Brigade and a glam rock star inspired by Gary Glitter.

‘Rich in the forensic detail that’s made Arnott the pop-culture laureate he is…breathless and compelling’ (Martin Horsfield, Time Out )

‘Fascinating, compelling, pulpy – all you’d expect from a writer who just keeps getting better.’ ( Arena )

‘Bristling with contained energy and generating a white-hot unease. Best of all, the novel rescues the 1970s from the simple-minded dismissal of the entire decade as a kitsch-only zone…as Arnott argues with urgent, spellbinding power, it was a decade aflame rather than just flaming’ ’ (Patrick Ness, Guardian )

‘Beautifully observed and brilliantly paced…a fascinating portrait of impotence and amorality by a writer unafraid to take risks’ (Michael Arditti, Independent )

‘Once again he has skewered an age to the page…funny, sexy, touching, too, but it is the undertow of dread beneath the antics that makes it a serious achievement’ (Mark Sanderson, Evening Standard )

'Undoubtedly Arnott’s best invention to date.’(Henry Sutton, Daily Mirror )

'Compelling'(Peter Burton, Daily Express )