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Title: Gangland Melbourne
Condition: New
Author: James Morton, Susanna Lobez
Format: Paperback
EAN: 9780522858693
ISBN: 9780522858693
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Genre: Biography
Release Date: 01/07/2011
Description:

Throughout the past century, Melbourne has spawned its fair share of notorious criminals some more infamous than others. In this compelling and comprehensive book, Britain s top true crime writer James Morton and former barrister and legal broadcaster Susanna Lobez take you on a tour of Melbourne s criminal past, visiting Australia s favourite larrikin Squizzy Taylor, career criminals Chopper Read and the Pettingill family, as well as chronicling the long-running Painters and Dockers Union and recent Melbourne gang wars. Along the way, tales of Melbourne's talented standover men, contract killers, robbers, conmen, brothel keepers, biker gangs, drug dealers and corrupt cops offer an extraordinary insight into this colourful and mysterious world.


Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: AU
Item Height: 199mm
Item Length: 134mm
Item Width: 21mm
Item Weight: 244g
Release Year: 2011

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