Blinded by the Lights

NOW A MAJOR HBO SERIESTough, knowing, high-octane crime fiction... Los Angeles has James Ellroy, Boston has Dennis Lehane, Oslo has Jo Nesbo. And Warsaw has its own two-fisted crime laureate in Jakub Zulczyk. Already a massive bestseller in Poland, this is brilliant stuff from a fresh new voice in crime fiction. Tony ParsonsKuba is a cocaine dealer in the dark, electric streets of Warsaw, believing he is smart enough to stay in control, unlike the top lawyers, doctors, TV personalities who are his client base.However, after calling in the debt of a failing nightclub owner, breaking his own rules on other people’s property and being caught in the consequences of his clients’ actions, all control starts to slip from his grasp.Now suffering under the glare of the spotlight and dragged into the dark underbelly of the drug world, Kuba must find a way through the middle of the whirlwind of violence and betrayal sweeping him away. Jakub Żulczyk is a rising star of the Eastern European literature scene. His 2014 novel Blinded by the Lights was adapted into a tv series by HBO Europe and listed as one of the best tv shows made in Europe in 2018. He is a successful screenwriter as well as the author of the bestselling Polish novels Do Me Some Harm, Radio Armageddon, Hound Hill and Black Sun.