Bandit country : brothers, betrayal and murder in the heart of a gambling empire
Reid, Jamie2023
Books, Manuscripts
A gripping and 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 a 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.
Main title:
Author:
Reid, Jamie, author
Imprint:
London : John Blake Publishing, 2023.
Collation:
xii, 291 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
ISBN:
9781789465501 (pbk)
Dewey class:
364.106609428760904364.1066364.1'066'09428760904364.106364.106609
LC class:
HV6439
Local class:
364.106364.1066
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3469501