 First edition | |
| Author | Ted Lewis |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Thriller, Crime novel |
| Publisher | Michael Joseph |
Publication date | 9 February 1970 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 224 pp |
| ISBN | 0-7181-0730-6 (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-948164-06-9 (paperback edition) |
| OCLC | 82810 |
| 823/.9/14 | |
| LC Class | PZ4.L676 Jac PR6062.E955 |
| Followed by | Jack Carter's Law |
Jack's Return Home is a 1970 novel by British writer Ted Lewis. It was adapted into the 1971 film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine as Jack Carter. The novel portrays a subsection of society living on the borderline between crime and respectability. The book was a major influence on the noir school of English crime fiction.
The novel was republished in 1971 by Pan in paperback as a film tie-in under the title Carter, featuring stills from the movie Get Carter [1] on the cover. The novel went out of print for many years and slipped into obscurity, until – in the 1990s – there was a resurgence in the popularity of the film, which in turn generated fresh interest in the book. The book was republished in paperback under the title Get Carter by Allison & Busby in 1993.
In 2012, the novel was adapted as a radio serial[2] by Nick Perry and broadcast under its original title on BBC Radio 4, starring Hugo Speer as Jack Carter.
In 2016, the playwright Torben Betts adapted the novel for a critically acclaimed production by Newcastle's Northern Stage.
- ^ ISBN O 330 02620 8
- ^ Jack's Return Home on BBC Radio 4