The East End Butcher Boy by Joe Lawrence (Jolono)

I read this on Kindle. I prefer paper but it was kinda apt reading it electronically as I'd already read most of it on abc tales. It's a short book; a few hours reading. But since I love books that's not a chore and this is a love story. It's a page turner in a book without pages. Young Joe, aged 14, got a part-time job as a butcher's boy. His gaffer was Roy and he showed him all the world had to offer- and it was there for the taking -for those that knew how. It's 1972 and Joe is one of those lucky people that love their work, love the guys they're working with and if life got any better he'd need to lie about it. The East End of London is a hawker's paradise and Roy buys and sells everything and anything. Joe gets his cut. A carousel of dodgy gear moves in and out of Roy's shops. Everybody's making money and everybody's happy. A Joe Pesci lookalike is even Number 1 with 'Shatupyaface'. Roy's a name and he's got a reputation and the kinda friends that come with it. As long as the carousel keeps spinning everybody's happy. It stops. Roy gets busted. Joe's a man now, but he can't believe the man who he thought of as the closest of brothers had turned supergrass. This is a lean book, muscular, and it would make hell of a film. I look forward to watching it.