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Description edit
Ikey Solomon is the King Rat of the dark backstreets of 19th-century Stepney. A notorious criminal, his only fear is that Hannah, his resentful and ambitious wife, will force him to reveal his half of the combination to the safe in which their joint wealth is hidden.
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Characters/People edit
- Mary Abacus (nee Klerk): Main female character. Amazingly strong woman. A survivor.
- Ikey Soloman: Notorious British fence, know as Prince of Fences. Self trained in thievery while in the streets of London as a very young child.
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- Bob Marley
- Sparrer Fart (aka Sparrow Fart)
First Sentence edit
Ikey Solomon was so entirely a Londoner that he was a human part of the great metropolis, a jigsawed brick that fitted into no other place.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in Potato Factory Trilogy. (standard series)
Followed by Tommo and Hawk (Potato Factory Trilogy).
This is book 91 of 121 in Whitcoulls Top 100 (2012). (authoritative list)
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- Bryce Courtenay (Author)
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Page Count: 739
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- Dewey: 813
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