The Mammoth Book of Gangs and Gangsters

by Roger Wilkes (Editor)

Enter the world of gangland crime. Some men command a respect that few others, even in this violent underworld, can equal. They live by a strict code and to them violence is simply an accepted part of their profession. Here is the fullest ever collection of 'hard men' accounts: over 30 true stories of men living on the very edge of what is 'normal' to the rest of us — the merciless streets of the Mafia, Triads, Yardies, Yakuza, Hell's Angels, and Chinese Tongs. They are the faces behind a dozen urban myths, and bywords for toughness. People you just don't want to mess with. Including both recent gangsters and notorious earlier Mafia-age predecessors — from Dillinger, Capone, Ned Kelly and the Krays, to Mad Frank, Lenny 'the Guv'nor' Mclean and Sonny Barger — this is the ultimate collection for anyone interested in violent true crime, how 'real' criminals think, and the darker elements of society.

Genres: Crime

512 pages, Paperback

First published October 16, 2006

Reviews

[Ashley · Rating 2 out of 5]

For a collection based on 'mobsters' this book was seriously lacking. Many of the stories had nothing to do with actual mobsters. The editor patched together a sorted collection of criminals, many of which had nothing to do with the mob. How this can be called a mob collection, I will never know. The Capone article was good, as was the Bugsy Siegle story. At least they were real mobsters.