BLANEY, C
GRAFTERS
- ISBN 13:
- 9781901746921
- author:
- BLANEY, C
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Empire Publications
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 1
- Dimensions:
- 21.4 x 13.6 x 2.4 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 5 working days
Description
Colin Blaney's "Grafters" is an updated version of his 2004 exposé on the links between criminal gangs and football hooliganism. Eight years on, he recounts his experiences as a personality in the murky media world that accompanies public relations. Blaney's journey from adolescence to adulthood took him down a path of crime and deception. He burgled warehouses and factories as a child, joined the bootboys of Manchester United's Red Army as a youth, and later became involved with Scouse pickpocket gangs and sold dope in Moss Side shebeens. However, it was Continental Europe that offered the greatest lure, where he and his gang stole Rolex watches, peddled Ecstasy, and committed other crimes. Updated with new photographs, "Grafters" is a gripping account of Blaney's life as a professional thief and his experiences in the European underworld.