Description
| Product ID: | 9781789465501 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Bandit Country |
| Authors: | Author: Jamie Reid |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | True crime, True crime, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A gripping, atmospheric true-crime epic, for fans of Peaky Blinders and Get Carter. . . Welcome to an after-dark world of new money, hedonism and excess. A world of luxurious nightclubs where racketeers, gamblers and glamorous women mixed with entrepreneurs, bunny girls, politicians and policemen. Bandit Country is a gripping, atmospheric true-crime noir. It is the story of Britain''s 1960''s gambling boom, as the country emerged from years of hardship to embrace exotic night-life and entertainment, all supplied by the Mafia. It is an emotional, visceral story of brothers: the Luvaglios, who dreamed of an empire founded among the hard industrial skylines and bridges of Newcastle, built on good times and bright lights - dreams that, for a moment, were lived in technicolour; and the Kray twins, who looked up to this new kingdom from London and saw a slice of action they wanted for themselves. And above all, it is a story of betrayal, murder and a shocking miscarriage of justice, as empires crumble, friends turn on friends, and the good times come screeching to a halt. Sure to be loved by fans of Peaky Blinders, this story - that inspired classic British gangster film Get Carter - isn''t quite like anything you''ve read before. Turn the page and roll the dice. . . |
| Imprint Name: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | John Blake Publishing Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-06-08 |
