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J.J. Connolly

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The United Kingdom

Genre

Crime, Fiction

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J. J. Connolly was born in London, United Kingdom, in 1964. He is the author of two crime novels, Layer Cake, and its sequel, Viva La Madness. He also wrote the screenplay of the film based on his novel.
His first novel, Layer Cake, was first published in 2000 by Duckworth Press. The book takes place in nineties London and is narrated by an unnamed, 29-year-old drug dealer ("If you knew my name, you'd be as clever as me") who plans on leaving the crime game behind at the age of thirty to live life as "a gentleman of leisure." His retirement plan, however, is made complicated by a large shipment of stolen Ecstasy, the German neo-Nazis who want it back and revenge on anyone they hold responsible for the theft, the unpredictable and often outra ...more

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Average rating: 4.08 · 6,327 ratings · 237 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Layer Cake 4.10 avg rating — 5,551 ratings — published 2000 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Viva La Madness really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 773 ratings — published 2011 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brit-pulp! New Fast and Furious Stories from the Literary Underground by Tony White (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael Moorcock (Contributor), Ted Lewis (Contributor) 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Layer Cake by J.J. Connoly, J.J. Connolly 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You’re born, you take shit

get out in the world, you take more shit

climb a little higher, take less shit.

till one day you're in the rarefied atmosphere and you’ve forgotten what shit even looks like.

Welcome to the layer cake, son.”
― J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake

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“It's like zen. Only not as subtle.”
― J. J. Connolly, Layer Cake

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“Meditation is concentrating the front of the mind with a mundane task so the rest of the mind can find peace.”
― J.J. Connolly, Layer Cake

tags: gangsters, meditation, spirituality

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