Chopper 2: How to Shoot Friends and Influence People

Chopper (John Blake) #2

by Mark Brandon Read

Mark Brandon Read - Chopper to his friends and enemies - has become a cult figure across the world. Since the success of the movie of his life, and the accompanying book, his exploits have shocked and amused readers in several countries. An underworld executioner and notorious criminal, when Chopper was first released from prison he vowed never to return. He became a bizarre celebrity as his autobiography became a bestseller. Six months later he was back in jail writing the second astonishing instalment of his brilliant How to Shoot Friends and Influence People. "'I enjoyed reading the first book. I just wish I wasn't in it.' DETECTIVE INSPECTOR ROD PORTER 'Mark Brandon Read has done for literature what Hannibal Lecter did for vegetarianism.' DETECTIVE SERGEANT ROD WILSON"

Genres: Nonfiction, True Crime, Crime

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is an Australian ex-criminal who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels.
--from wikipedia

Reviews

[Neil Walker · Rating 5 out of 5]

"The one who wins the game is the one who lives the longest. All I want to do is outlive my enemies. All I want out of life is to have the last laugh."

[Travis Kendall · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's almost impossible to figure out where the truth and bullshit are in this book, but in the end I'm not sure it really matters as this is stll a wild and entertaining book. Read just has this amazing sense of dark humor that makes you keep reading. Read may be a violent sociopath, but he's a really great writer and a fantastic storyteller. In the end it might be best to listen to Read himself "never let the truth get in the way of a good yarn".

[Bobby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read most of Chopper's books in 2007. I mainly remember them being a sort of criminal version of Charles Bukowski.

[Rohan Stewart · Rating 4 out of 5]

Much of the same in this book as his other offerings. Bit more pizzazz in this one.