Viva La Madness - Softcover

The novel has its predecessor's driving energy[...]and the protagonist's disparate colleagues are terrific characters * The Sunday Times * Connolly's style is fast and funny and just frightening enough to make you sit up all night * Independent on Sunday * Masterful plotting - double-crosses abound - a cracking pace and some truly excellent set pieces including a chase through the London underground all lead up to a wham-bam ending. Fast, furious, funny and highly recommended for fans of Layer Cake and new readers alike * Guardian * The novel has its predecessor's driving energy[...]and the protagonist's disparate colleagues are terrific characters * The Sunday Times * Connolly's style is fast and funny and just frightening enough to make you sit up all night * Independent on Sunday * Masterful plotting - double-crosses abound - a cracking pace and some truly excellent set pieces including a chase through the London underground all lead up to a wham-bam ending. Fast, furious, funny and highly recommended for fans of Layer Cake and new readers alike * Guardian *

The authentic voice of British gangster fiction, J.J. Connolly, is back with his trademark razor-sharp dialogue and quick-fire violence. From the London underworld he portrayed brilliantly in Layer Cake, the plot of Viva la Madness goes international, with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high-tech electronic fraud, described with the same uncanny believability. The anonymous hero of Layer Cake is pulled back into the drug game before he can enjoy a sunny retirement. From living the high-life in the Caribbean to a dangerous existence in London, with Venezuelan drug cartels toting machine-guns in Mayfair, the story moves from violence and farce to criminal insanity.