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He lists his former occupation as 1st division criminal. He was a member of the Kray fraternity. He spent 6 years in an approved school and borstal and 20 years in prisons including Strangeways, Brixton, Dartmoor and Wandsworth. He was the last man to be flogged with the cat-o-nine-tails.'People say that truth is stranger than fiction, and in my case it is definitely so. Who would believe, looking at me today, that most of my years have been spent in a sinister underworld of crime, corruption and murder? A gangland world where the famous and the infamous -including stars like Frank Sinatra and politicians - and the most ntotrious criminals in British history not only socialised but did business together. ' The Brutal Truth is a startling and sensational account of a world far removed from normal, everyday life - the world of gangster Eric Mason , one of the underworld's most feared and respected figures. One thing Eric Mason soon learned was how to look after himself, a necessary skill during terrible years in a home for young delinquents. He moved on from there to form associations with, among others, the Kray twins, Frank Mitchell (the 'Mad Axeman'), Jack 'the Hat' McVitie, JohnProduct Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139781840184778
eBay Product ID (ePID)87883035
Product Key Features
Book TitleThe Brutal Truth
AuthorE Mason, Eric Mason
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicTrue Crime, Criminology
Publication Year2001
TypeTextbook
GenreBiographies & True Stories
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorEric Mason, E Mason
Topic AreaCriminal Law
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom