Bandit Country (eBook)

Jamie Reid (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
304 Seiten
John Blake (Verlag)
978-1-78946-551-8 (ISBN)

Infos

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. . .

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2023
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: Casino • East End • Gambling • Gangster • Get Carter • Guns • Jack’s Return Home • James Ellroy • Jamie Reid • Kray Twins • Las Vegas • London • Luvaglio • Michael Caine • MONEY • Murder • Newcastle • nightclub • Nightlife • One-Armed Bandit • organised crime • Party • Peaky Blinders • Playboy • prize • Ronnie and Reggie • slot machines • True Crime • william hill
• ISBN-10: 1-78946-551-6 / 1789465516
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78946-551-8 / 9781789465518