The Cult Of Violence: The Untold Story of the Krays
By (Author) John Pearson
Orion Publishing Co
Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
1st September 2002
20th June 2002
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
364.10922
Paperback
336
Width 108mm, Height 176mm, Spine 32mm
220g
John Pearson knows more about the Krays than anyone alive. THE KRAYS film was based on his book THE PROFESSION OF VIOLENCE and it was Pearson who exposed the Boothby connection in 1994. In 1967 the twins asked Pearson to write their biography. He remained a confidant of the family and the brothers throughout their trial and prison years. Now Pearson revisits the twins' criminal past and lays bare the truth behind the legend. Drawing upon a mass of first-hand interviews and private information he was unable to use while the Krays were still alive, he finally recounts the chilling untold story of the Twins.
John Pearson won the 'Author's Club Award' for best first novel. The Profession of Violence was acclaimed on its release, even in the US where it won the Edgar Allan Poe Special Award. Jonathan Keeble: