Dead Men's Wages - Softcover

Scratch the surface of any family and you will find stories of intrigue, abuse and illegitimacy. It is just that, because of the nature of my grandfather's business, our secrets are more sinister . . .

'Lilian Pizzichini, in telling the story of her criminal grandfather - and what a spectacular shyster he was - paints a dark-hued portrait of London, the scabbed, peeling city that shaped his antisocial tendencies'
Daily Telegraph

'Lilian Pizzichini's story is a wonderfully atmospheric romp through London's underworld as well as a touching tale of being the granddaughter of Britain's Number One Conman'
James Morton, author of Gangland Soho and East End Gangland

'It is a beguiling performance: nostalgic, deadpan, humorous, authoritative . . . As chilling as fog, as casual as a razor slashed across a cheek . . . This memoir is as good as a novel'
The Times

'Lilian Pizzichini is a fine and profound writer'
Rachel Cusk