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Paul Williams - The General: Godfather of Crime - 9780862784331 - 9780862784331
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The General: Godfather of Crime

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Description for The General: Godfather of Crime paperback. The extraordinary life and crimes of Martin Cahill, gangster, criminal mastermind, MOST WANTED MAN. Now a major film from John Boorman Num Pages: 264 pages, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 208.
The extraordinary life and crimes of Martin Cahill, gangster, criminal mastermind, MOST WANTED MAN

In a twenty-year career marked by obsessive secrecy, brutality and meticulous planning, Cahill netted over £40 million. He was untouchable - until a bullet from an IRA hitman ended it all.

The General tells the inside story of

  • The Beit robbery - one of the world's biggest art heists
  • The attempted assassination of a top forensic scientist
  • The O'Connor Jewellers robbery, netting £3m
  • The tyre-slashing and intimidation
  • The crucifixion of a suspected 'grass'
  • The millions still missing ... Read more
The book reveals Cahill's bizarre personality and the activities of the Tango Squad, the special police unit which targetted him with tactics used on the infamous Kray Gang.

Now a major film from John Boorman starring Brendan Gleeson and John Voight.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
O'Brien Dublin
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Dublin, Ireland
ISBN
9780862784331
SKU
9780862784331
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-2

About Paul Williams
Paul Williams is author of the best-selling crime boss exposé, The General, made into a major award-winning movie directed by John Boorman. Crime correspondent with The Sunday World, and a qualified criminologist, Paul Williams is acknowledged as an authority on the Irish criminal underworld. He broke many of the news stories on the General.

Reviews for The General: Godfather of Crime
'a riveting good read'
Irish Independent
Irish Independent
'a terrifically readable account ... in the very best tradition of investigative journalism ... a book which reads like a thriller ... our democracy needs more journalism like this'
The Sunday Tribune
The Sunday Tribune
'Without this book all that might have been left would have ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The General: Godfather of Crime


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