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Title: VILLAINS
By: Dick Kirby
Format: Paperback

List price: £7.99


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ISBN 10: 1845295692
ISBN 13: 9781845295691
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 28 February, 2008
Pages: 320
Description: Stories once were shared as a result of a quick pint with a snout down the pub, or as a respite during interrogation, when both copper and criminal would stop for a fag. This book introduces reader to the bad, the mad and the dangerous to know, recounted by those who had intimate dealings with, both criminal and copper, from London's underworld.
Synopsis: Police officers are now no longer encouraged to talk to criminals, and that's a pity. Wonderful stories once were shared as a result of a quick pint with a snout down the pub, or as a respite during interrogation, when both copper and criminal would stop for a fag.Those were the glory days, where gripping accounts of slashings, fit-ups, dodgy deals, blaggings and petermen would filter through and become folklore. These days such intimacy is frowned upon (and smoking in interrogation cells is of course banned) so it is only here that these stories can be recounted. In Villains' Tales the reader will be introduced to the bad, the mad and the dangerous to know, recounted in gripping style by those who had intimate dealings with the shady characters, both criminal and copper, from London's underworld, long ago. All the usual suspects are here - the Krays, the Richardsons, plus a few surprises and several hidden gems. Literally.
Illustrations: ill
Publication: UK
Imprint: Constable
Returns: Returnable
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