Killing Goliath — Mike Rabin

Poland is recovering from a catastrophic war, its people struggling to rebuild their lives after the ravages of a Nazi occupation. Two ten year old boys, one Catholic, and the other Jewish, have their friendship tragically cut short in the aftermath of a shameful pogrom that takes place in their home town of Kielce. As a result, the young Jewish boy migrates to England where he settles in the East End of London with his adoptive parents. Years later, in the early 1960s, fate decides that his friend will also travel to London. Unbeknown to one another, they both achieve great wealth set against a hedonistic backdrop of post war freedoms. The friend's paths are destined to cross, brought about by a series of sinister incidents, involving the world of organized crime and the covert operations of a secret service agency…