Layer Cake
adapted as "Layer Cake"
Layer Cake
Non-series
J. J. Connolly
Publisher: Gerald Duckworth
ISBN-10: 0-7156-3335-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-7156-3335-9
Published: April 2000
Synopsis: Our narrator's too smart to tell you his name ("if I [did], you'd be as clever as me"), but he's not afraid to tell you everything else about the "layer cake" -- London's intricately arranged constellation of underworld fiefdoms. He's a drug dealer who's planning to retire on his thirtieth birthday -- after one last great score -- to a life as "a gentleman of leisure." Only problem is his boss, the crime kingpin "don" Jimmy Price, has other plans. He can walk away from the life for good only if he can track down a runaway daughter for Jimmy's old friend. Complicating matters are two million top-grade Ecstasy tablets that were robbed from a factory in Amsterdam by a renegade outfit in Jimmy's employ who are now looking for someone to offload the ill-gotten loot. With an angry mob of German neo-Nazis in hot pursuit, and all crosses and double-crosses leading back to Jimmy, our narrator finds he may have to negotiate a new exit strategy.
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Layer Cake
Matthew Vaughn, Director
Theatrical release date: 10/01/2004
DVD release date: 08/23/2005
Studio: Sony
Cast: XXXX (Daniel Craig), Clarkie (Tom Hardy), Duke (Jamie Foreman), Slasher (Sally Hawkins), Gazza (Burn Gorman), Morty (George Harris), Terry (Tamer Hassan), Gene (Colm Meaney)
Rating: R
Running time: 106 minutes
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