The Kray Madness
The shocking truth about Reg and Ron from the East End gangster they almost destroyed
$24.66
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
26 April 2016
Summary
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 bro…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509829019 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509829016 |
| Author: | Chris Lambrianou, Robin Mcgibbon |
| Publisher: | Pan Macmillan |
| Imprint: | Pan Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | Main Market Ed. |
| Release Date: | 26 April 2016 |
| Weight: | 266g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 130mm x 197mm |
| Audience Age: | 18 |
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Critics Review
It is the honesty with with Lambrianou relates his life story that makes this book so enjoyable … [he] succeeds in creating a great sense of atmosphere. He also offers valuable historical insights … fascinating * Financial Times *
Chris Lambrianou
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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