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Never give up hope before the dogs have crossed the finishing-line.
Harryboy Boas is a gambling man. An independent Jewish bachelor, he lives in a Hackney boarding house: reading Zola, betting on the dogs at the track, womanising, philosophising, and repressing his tortured wartime past. Until, that is, a new family moves in. As his life dramatically unravels – financially, emotionally, and existentially – Harryboy descends into a murky criminal underworld where debts, violence, gangsters and revenge are the inevitable payback for those who can’t pay up …
‘Extraordinary.’ William Boyd