'but before you decide if you want to work for yourselves ... remember that i said our firm would have a twist... you will all be decorating in the nude!' east london, 1974... bob hart and his crew can paint your house any colour you choose. they can also paint the town red on a friday night and the air blue with their jokes and anecdotes. threatened with unemployment, the boys decide to set up on their own in a unique business that brings both challenges and rewards. at the same time, they're drawn into a confrontation with some of the east end's most infamous villains... crude, outrageous but with hearts of gold, bob and the boys will make you cry with laughter at the same time as you're gasping at their cheek. 'cutting in is one of the funniest books ever written.' mick geggus, cockney rejects