Re: books for people with ridiculously narrow taste
If you want to push his tastes a little bit, try some Rumpole books (by John Mortimer). The time and place are right. Some of them even have scummy detectives. The protagonist is a defense barrister named Horace Rumple. (They are available as books on tape and as a BBC series on DVD as well, but it sounds like books are the better choice.)
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