Going on holiday soon and always read a good crime/gangster book, anyone got any suggestions?

Done the obvious ones like Chopper, Wiseguy and a couple of Heny Hill books etc...

Any other suggestions?

 

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Charlie Luciano, the webfather

 

 

Pablo Escobar as said dude, awesome!

But i have to try and track it down, i asked, it aint at home up north :-(

I may have some football hooligan ones 'n stuff, i'll check what i have for ya fella

 

Screwed - Its a diary of a prison officer, I am not a book person but got really into it and read it in about 5 days.

 

Just finished "homicide A year on the killing streets"

About to start with the next book, " the corner"

both writen by the creator of The Wire

 

"The guv'nor " the life story of lenny mclean , i could'nt put it down.

 

i got loads of these gangster books football holigan books also i didnt read books till i left school but i have loads a few of my favourites are

ultimate hard barstards by kate kray
terrace legends cass pennent and martin king
pretty boy roy shaw
essex boys bernard o'mahony
top boys cass pennant
the art of violence david bailey and kate kray
they are well good books iv been reading over the years

 

another


Cocky: The Rise and Fall of Curtis Warren, Britain's Biggest Drugs Baron

 

naughty is good if you like football hooligan books
read it a couple months ago
get it for a fiver now too

 

Carlton Leach-Muscle, also another fan here of The Guvnor, epic read.

I've read a lot of Dave Courtneys books too, and although he may have a show off/plastic gangster image nowadays, his books are very entertaining.

 

The original Luciano is actually someone I'd like to read up on, a great crime figure of his day.

I'll have a look cheers, for the suggestions!

Anyone read 'Murder Machine'?

 

I'm a big fan of American gang/gangster books

2 of my favourite are

MONSTER KODY SHAKUR

REDEMPTION

both of them I just couldn't put down

 

pablo escobars "killing pablo" book is brilliant. The things he did were amazing.

 

paul ferris (sp) has wrote a few and they are good. Avoid anything written by kate kray cos it's full of bullshiters.

 

as said pablo escobar and bernard o'mahony,his books are quite a good read

 

agreed am currently reading stop the ride i want to get off and its been very good so far !

 

 

Iceman : Confessions of a Contract Killer.

500+ pages of the life of a contract killer, gripping stuff when it's all real.

Got some other books there will have a dig out of some of them.

Cocky was a good read, espcially as it's all true aswell.

 

If it's entertainment you want then Dave Courtney's books are certainly readable even though they are a little exagerated in my opinion but still very readable (i see you have read some Chopper books so you are no stranger to exagerations).

Rise of the Foot Soldier by Carlton Leach is also not bad. At the moment i am reading Brown Bread Fred by Freddie Foreman which is a good eye opener and clarifies a few myths from the past.

 

Yeah also read both of those and they are quite good "tell it how it is" books, not dressed up just for entertainment value.

 

good shout on Carlton Leach

 

Just read a few of the essex boys rettendon murders books and their all good.Most of the kray books are good too.Just started reading the rise of the footsoldier good so far.

 

Best true crime book by far is Mr Nice-Howard Marks. He was the original big time smuggler and it's one of them books you'll struggle to put down!

 

Without Remorse - Tom Clancy.

The only one of his books thats not total 'USA ARE THE BEST' pish.

 

Stanley 'Tookie' Williams - Redemption

 

muscle by carlton leach is the best book ive read. followed by lean mcleans and dave courtneys.

 

The Paul Ferris books are a good read, vendetta and the Ferris conspiracy

 

J.B Fletcher's a good author!

 

Thanks for the suggestions!

Looking at a few reviews now.

 

What his 'How to change a diff in 30mins' guide?

 

Read a good few one on holiday last week,
Curtis warren cocky very good read making hundreds of millions
Both paul ferris books are also good.
The iceman = jamie stevenston another glasgow man = like all the glasgow gangster books its all the same names with different stories.

Dont like the dave courtney stories something i dont like about him

 

Out of the ones mentioned above I'd reccomend "Vendetta" by Paul Ferris and Reg Mckay, or "Essex boys" (fuck all like the film and MUCH better) by Bernard O'mahony(sp?). Looking for a good one to read very soon, i usually make a point of reading one when I'm sunning it by the pool in my annual pilgramage to spain.
I've also got a "Cosa Nostra" book, but i haven't read it all yet, so might make a start on that now that I've read this thread actually.

 

Cass Pennants book 'Cass' is one of my fav's.

As above i think dave courtneys funny, but a bit of a prick. wouldnt wanna read his books

 

I always like a book to get into by the pool.


The 'Killing Pablo' book is looking a winner at the minute!

 

kind of related to crimes during the 2nd world wars. I highly recommend these two books by lord russell of liverpool.

* Scourge of the swastika

* Knights of the bushido

pretty eye opening and interesting to read

 

 

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