Jocelyn Catty Ordre des livres (chronologique)

Carlton doesn't look like all the other carrots with his spots and stumpy toes. As chef after chef rejects him as an ingredient in their recipe a dejected Carlton wonders if he'll ever find his perfect part. Will a chance encounter with an onion finally change his fortune?

London, 1970s. An East End boy stumbles into the world of casinos as a trainee croupier at the Playboy Club London. A time of glamour, excitement and sexual freedom, this new world allows the working class urchin with dreams of adventure to discover a life and horizons he never knew existed.