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The Kray Madness: The shocking truth about Reg and Ron from the East End gangster they almost destroyed - Softcover

Lambrianou, Chris; Mcgibbon, Robin

 
9781509829019: The Kray Madness: The shocking truth about Reg and Ron from the East End gangster they almost destroyed
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1509829016 ISBN 13: 9781509829019
Verlag: Pan, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

For many, the Kray twins are legends but for Chris Lambrianou they were something else entirely . . . As a young East End tearaway, Chris turned to crime to escape the grinding poverty of his life. Armed robbery, safe blowing, fraud, even attempted murder - the big brash Cockney did the lot. Then, when he became too successful, the Krays decided they wanted a slice of his action. Pulled into their orbit, Chris was unimpressed by a crime empire built on fear, and alarmed to realise his brother Tony had become a paid up member of their firm. Then Chris was lured to the party that ended in the murder of Jack the Hat McVitie. Wanting to protect Tony, Chris helped dispose of the body. He was arrested along with the Krays and their firm, and after a sensational trial he was jailed for life in 1969.

In this searing autobiography, he also describes what it's like to face life as a category A prisoner, the beatings and harsh regime, the friendship he found with other prisoners like Charlie Richardson and Bruce Reynolds. Still, in deep despair after years inside, he tried to kill himself but ultimately found the strength not just to survive but to change his life forever . . .

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Robin McGibbon, a former national newspaper sub-editor and publisher, has written and co-written twelve books, including the autobiographies of Barbara Windsor, Charlie Kray and Britain's Sixties' playboy boxer Billy Walker. To coincide with the anniversary of the Krays' arrests, he released a boxset of CDs of his conversations with all three brothers, and has self-published a book about his close relationship with Ronnie and Reggie: The Krays -Their Life Behind Bars.

McGibbon, who lives with his second wife, Sue, in Kent, is currently working on a sex-crime-newspaper novel, based on high-level police corruption in the seventies.

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'The twins had a chillingly confident air about them - a powerful presence that left you believing they were capable of anything.'

Chris Lambrianou turned to crime at the age of nine, desperate to escape the grinding poverty of his East End childhood. Armed robbery, safe blowing, fraud - the big, tough Cockney did the lot. Then the Krays decided they wanted a slice of his action.

Forced into business with the twins, Chris was unimpressed by a crime empire built on fear, and alarmed that his brother Tony had become a member of their Firm. The Kray Madness vividly reveals how Reg and Ron's out-of-control behaviour led to their downfall - and Chris's too. Duped into attending the party where Reg murdered Jack McVitie, Chris, wanting to protect Tony, helped dispose of the body. He was arrested along with the Krays and jailed for fifteen years.

Chris describes his time as a Category A prisoner; the beatings and harsh regime, the friendship he found with other inmates like Charlie Richardson and Bruce Reynolds. And the moment that gave him the strength not just to survive, but to change his life forever . . .

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Verlag
Pan
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1509829016
ISBN 13 
9781509829019
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
384
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