The novel reads like a homage to Leonard, with its rhythmic repartee, underworld characters and action-packed plot. |
The police are trying their best, but all they can do is make nightly raids on the underworld and round up Dusseldorf's riff-raff. |
He was very well-regarded by a lot of people and he bridged the gap between respectable society and the underworld. |
If there's no washing machine, you may have to venture to the underworld which is the laundrette. |
Bricked in and built around, the vaults became a warren of nooks, crannies and tunnels forming the historic city's underworld. |
It reveals an alternative, rebel underworld in Istanbul, populated mainly by Kurds. |