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Crime and Punishment Vol 1 by G. F. Newman (Hardcover, 2009)
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In 1951 the Festival of Britain marks a new golden age of hope and prosperity for the country. Things are certainly looking up for the criminal elite who run the East End. For Jack, a draft-dodger with aspirations to be a champion boxer, there's easy money to be made for providing a bit of muscle.
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In 1951 the Festival of Britain marks a new golden age of hope and prosperity for the country. Things are certainly looking up for the criminal elite who run the East End. For Jack, a draft-dodger with aspirations to be a champion boxer, there's easy money to be made for providing a bit of muscle. Meanwhile his sister Kath must keep secret the fact that she killed their father to protect her son, Brian, from the abuse she experienced as a child. Brian is so traumatised by witnessing this event that the complex union of violence and sexuality will shape his character for life. As the years go by and disillusion sets in, successive Labour and Tory governments aren't able to stop the rot. Younger, nastier criminals like the Kray twins and the Richardson brothers begin to carve out their own criminal empires and crush all resistance. Brutalised and embittered by years of failure and imprisonment, Jack decides to make a stand. The stage is set for one big war. Crime and Punishment is the first volume in a two-part epic, and follows the characters' lives up until the accession of Thatcher. The second volume will trace the dramatic changes in criminal society that reflected the wider social upheaval of the times, right up until the present day.Product Identifiers
PublisherQuercus Publishing
ISBN-139781847247964
eBay Product ID (ePID)91496173
Product Key Features
Book TitleCrime and Punishment Vol 1
AuthorG. F. Newman
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicBooks
Publication Year2009
Number of Pages512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height241mm
Item Width175mm
Item Weight1164g
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorG. F. Newman
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 25 Jul, 2018
Origins of The Corrupted...Outstanding!
The gritty crime drama,The Corrupt, that was on Radio 4 as a Classic Serial found its origins in this book. The radio series have moved the story on but a good part of the series overlap with this book. Its good, blasted good. GF Newman is clearly an outstanding author and this is an outstanding book. I really like the way it uses real people names in the book and I'm damn sure that we are getting is a good insight into these real life characters in the way that they are portrayed in the book and the serial...corrupt politicians, corrupt police officers, with real names! Fantastic!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
