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 underwo
rld he portrayed brilliantly in Layer Cake, the plot of Viva la Madness goes int
ernational, with trans-Atlantic drug deals, money laundering and high-tech elect
ronic fraud, described with the same uncanny believability.
The anonymous her
o of Layer Cake is pulled back into the drug game before he can enjoy a sunny re
tirement. 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.
