Joey Boy

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain Joey Boy Thompson has never had it better In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop a gambling club thrives and austerity provides a nice blackmarket sideline But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice sign up for active service or face another stint inside Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy determined to make the best of it