The second novel from A. D. Stranik of The Broadway Twisters and The Silver Brazilians.

Teenage Teddy Boy, Jonny Arnold, escapes the hell of the Welsh coalmines for the bright lights of 50s London in a quest to become the greatest wrestler the world has ever seen.
Five years later, London is yet to swing and all Jonny has to show for his efforts are a shotgun marriage, jail time and total rejection from wrestling’s head honchos.
He’s going nowhere fast or slow until, that is, pornographer ‘Flash’ Nicky Nash comes to the rescue with his connections, criminal cavalry… and the loan of a Ford Cortina.
Now, Jonny’s on the up and up, but a past indiscretion comes a-calling, and his dubious associations are about to backfire… violently.

The World Belongs to Jane & Me – Part #1: 1963 is the first of a trilogy of Brit-Grit crime novels inspired by the life of The ‘Exotic’ Adrian Street and the ‘Golden Age’ of British wrestling of the 60s and 70s. Written in the spirit of Colin MacInnes, Harold Pinter and Ted Lewis – by Monomania, Mon Amour author A D Stranik.

Available from Friday the 1st of November 2024!

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(⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Five-star Amazon reviews)

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Great insight into 60s London and the wrestling scene.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Adrian Stranik is fast becoming one of my favourite writers…”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “After reading his debut novel I just had to have his next book. Love the way he writes.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “The writer has that very rare talent that makes me slightly nervous and sweaty-palmed as I’m reading, building up a sense of dread, and wondering where the hell this is all going! It's also very, very funny.”
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Stranik has perfectly captured not only the colourful and nefarious, characters of the day but has really bought this world to life. The smell of sweat and cigarette smoke from the wrestling venues literally oozes off the pages, and mixes with the grime and exhaust fumes of a London captured in all its grittiness before it became swinging.”

Praise for Monomania, Mon Amour…
"Stranik is a powerful wordsmith who is, despite this being his debut novel, already making an impact in the literary world."
(Inside Time)