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Chopper, from the Inside

The Confessions of Mark Brandon Read

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper, from the Inside

The Confessions of Mark Brandon Read

By: Mark Brandon Read

The life story of one of the most feared men in Australia, based on more than 300 letters he wrote to investigative journalist John Silvester from the top security H division in Pentridge Prison. Includes his views on prison life, the Walsh and Russell Streets incidents and a 'who's who' in the criminal world. The sequel is 'Chopper 2'.

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0646065432

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Chopper 2

Hits and Memories

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper 2

Hits and Memories

By: Mark Brandon Read

Underworld executioner Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was released from Pentridge Prison in November, 1991, vowing never to return. He became a bizarre celebrity as his autobiography "Chopper From the Inside" became a bestseller. Six months later he was back in jail writing his second volume of memoirs. This is it.

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0646109871

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Last Man Standing: Chopper 11

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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Last Man Standing: Chopper 11

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

I've dug a few graves in my time. But I have never made a man dig his own grave. There's no need to go that far – it would be plain bad manners.' Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read grew up hungry for revenge. He ended up cleaning the streets as an underworld standover man and executioner. He was released from Pentridge Prison in 1991 and became a bestselling author with his autobiography Chopper: From the Inside. Chopper's adventures, however, were far from over. The smart money said that Chopper would be the first to go in any underworld war but the smart money was wrong. He vowed to outlive his enemies and write their epitaphs and he did so, predicting who would be killed long before the assassins' gunswere loaded. Only Chopper would live to tell the tale, with Last Man Standing the final instalment of his series of morbidly funny and often brutal memoirs.

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1743340109

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9781743340103

Chopper Four

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper Four

By: Mark Brandon Read

In this the fourth installment of his prison memoirs, self-confessed vigilante and killer Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read reveals all about life inside from fist-fighting to fan mail, from gun law to gang welfare, from prison screws to prison food. Nothing escapes his razor-sharp observations and humor in the book so scandalous that prison authorities tried to ban it.

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0646210149

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9780646210148

Road to Nowhere

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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Road to Nowhere

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

This book is about my journey through the Australian prison system. You'll have heard a few of these stories before, but not like this. It's a step-by-step history of my twenty three years behind bars; what day to day life was really like in jail, what I did to survive and why I'll never go back. It's not a nice story. I was not a nice prisoner..." Mark "Chopper" Read is over fifty years old and has spent almost half that time in prison. He is a man who knows the Australian prison system better than any other. He knows how the definitive school of hard knocks turns juvenile delinquents into hardened criminals. How it feels to be thrust into a world of violent psychopaths and be changed, irrevocably, into the worst of their number. He also knows how it feels to get stabbed (a massive punch with a cold pin in the middle). How it feels to lose your ears to a prison-issue razor blade (a gurgling sound like a little brook). How it feels to fight, maim and mutilate to stay alive. And what it means when that way of life no longer makes sense. This book is Chopper's redemption. It is the real story of the man, the criminal and the prisoner, told with black humour and surprising insight.

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Macmillan Publishers Aus.

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1742628656

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9781742628653

From the Inside: Chopper 1

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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From the Inside: Chopper 1

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

The book that inspired Channel Nine's Underbelly: Chopper From streetfighter to standover man, gunman to underworld executioner, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read was earmarked for death a dozen times but somehow lived to tell the tale. This is it. Chopper: From The Inside became a best-seller on its release in 1991, spawning a series of books that have today sold over 500,000 copies around the world. Chopper also inspired an acclaimed feature film, countless art and stage shows and, in 2018, the major Channel Nine TV series Underbelly: Chopper. From The Inside is the first shot in the Chopper canon - written from his gaol cell and laced with the brutal humour that made this Australian crime commando a true legend of the underworld.

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1743340001

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9781743340004

No Tears for a Tough Guy

By: Mark Brandon Read

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No Tears for a Tough Guy

By: Mark Brandon Read

I've known a hundred good street fighters and a thousand not so good ones. But in a lifetime I've met only a handful of freak street fighters, the best of the best. They all died young. The freaks always do." In No Tears for a Tough Guy, Chopper once again presents a selection of his short stories featuring his trademark style and the ring of authenticity that only comes from real life experience. Featuring his stories A Great Day for a Shoot 'em Up, Taking Care of Business and No Tears for a Tough Guy, this collection gives an even greater insight into the mind of the most infamous criminal in Australia.

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1742613608

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9781742613604

Chopper Unchopped

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper Unchopped

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

All eleven volumes of Chopper's original memoirs ... unchopped Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is Australia's most famous standover man and one of its most prolific authors. Now, for the very first time, all eleven volumes of Chopper's memoirs are together in this special collector's edition. From his criminal youth to his time in prison to his life as a reformed man, the entire journey is here. This omnibus edition contains the following complete and unabridged books: From the Inside: Chopper 1 Hits and Memories: Chopper 2 How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3 For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4 Pulp Faction: Chopper 5 No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6 The Singing Defective: Chopper 7 The Sicilian Defence: Chopper 8 The Final Cut: Chopper 9 The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5 Last Man Standing: Chopper 11 Chopper is an icon in popular Australian culture and in the criminal underworld. Find out why in Chopper's own words.

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1743341032

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9781743341032

Hits and Memories: Chopper 2

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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Hits and Memories: Chopper 2

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

It was just after dawn on Thursday, November 14, 1991. The hatch on the cell door slid back. I could see the screw's face through the slit. I've seen better heads on a pig dog, but this time I could have kissed him.' Underworld standover man and executioner Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read was released from Pentridge Prison in November, 1991, vowing never to return. He became an instant celebrity when his autobiography Chopper: From the Inside hit the bestseller lists (it also holds the record as Australia's most shop-lifted book). Six months later, he was back in jail charged with the shooting of a biker, and busy writing his second volume of memoirs. In this sequel, Chopper gives us more stories of crime and criminals that made his first book an international publishing sensation, from bookie robberies to hitmen, slavery and kidnapping. Written with dark humour and an intimate knowledge of some of Australia's most notorious criminals and crimes, Hits and Memories is a unique look at Australia's underbelly.

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174334001X

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9781743340011

The Final Cut: Chopper 9

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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The Final Cut: Chopper 9

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

Only a drunk or a madman would survive – luckily, on that occasion, I was both.' Ex-convict, author and celebrity Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read gives readers a unique insight into Australia's sordid criminal underworld. Written in Chopper's unique style and featuring his characteristic dark humour, the ninth instalment of Chopper's memoirs tells the story of the Tassie Chainsaw Massacre and explains why drinking Crown Lagers is the key to winning a serious pub brawl. The Final Cut continues the incredible story of the self-confessed executioner, who knew receiving a phone call from an old friend meant another associate was soon to be a walking corpse.

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1743340117

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One Thing Led to Another

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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One Thing Led to Another

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

Never get too close to anyone, because you might have to kill them. Meet Mark "Chopper" Read. You think you know him. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Australia. He's been the subject of an internationally successful film. His one-man shows have toured Australia to sell-out crowds. He's the most recognisable criminal brand name in Australia. But the truth is, you don't know him at all. Toe-cutter. Blowtorch aficionado. Killer. Husband. Father. Children's author. Stand-up comedian. The real Chopper has been an enigma - until now, that is. This is the definitive Chopper story. From his strange, tortured childhood, to the formative years as a young gang member and developing criminal, to his decades in and out of prison in Victoria and Tasmania, to his friends and enemies, and his crimes and punishments, this book gives us the true stories that lie behind the Chopper myths, as well as the stories he's never revealed before. One Thing Led To Another is the real story of the man behind the tattoos, the scars and the most famous missing ears in Australia. It is an utterly compelling insight into our most notorious, most recognisable and most fascinating criminal.

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1742622879

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9781742622873

Chopper Unchopped

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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1743341032

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No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

I've known a hundred good street fighters and a thousand not so good ones. But in a lifetime I've met only a handful of freak street fighters, the best of the best. They all died young. The freaks always do.' For more than 25 years Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read preyed on Australia's underbelly. Chopper was the criminal all other criminals feared, a toecutter who extorted protection money from rich drug dealers while holding them at gunpoint. An ex-convict, rapper and bestselling author, Chopper is one of Australia's most controversial public figures. In No Tears for a Tough Guy, Chopper once again presents a selection of his short stories featuring his trademark style and the authenticity that only comes from real life experience. Featuring his stories 'A Great Day for a Shoot 'em Up', 'Taking Care of Business' and 'No Tears for a Tough Guy', this collection gives an even greater insight into the mind of the most infamous criminal in Australia.

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1743340052

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9781743340059

For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

The governor called me into his office one fine day and in his best serious voice with his best serious look told me I could no longer write letters to my publishers because it appeared to him that I was trying to write another book. The man should have been a rocket scientist ...' Including stories about drinking with Bob Hawke, Chopper's reflections on the closing of the infamous H-Division section of Pentridge Jail, his unique take on race relations, sex and relationships, For the Term of His Unnatural Life gives more fascinating insight into the mind and life of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, and what daily life behind bars in maximum security prison is actually like. Bleakly funny, brutal and disturbingly true, Chopper's memoirs have become international bestsellers and made him one of Australia's most famous – or infamous – names.

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1743340036

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9781743340035

How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

Crims and screws agree on one thing: that the people who run prisons wouldn't know if a tram was up them unless you rang the bell.' How to Shoot Friends and Influence People, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read's third book, was written behind bars as Chopper faced life in prison for a shooting he claimed he didn't commit. For this book, Chopper obtained confidential and extensive prison files relating to him under the Freedom of Information Act. These included psychological assessments, plus prison classification and discipline records. They provide a fascinating insight into how this maverick criminal dealt with the prison system over two decades. Featuring the infamous story of Tanya and Eddy, Chopper's coming-of-age yarn from his 18th birthday, plus reflections on the end of his long-term relationship and what it's like to be the most famous author-in-residence at Risdon Prison, this third volume of his memoirs contains more tales of the criminal underworld told in Chopper's unique style.

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1743340028

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9781743340028

Last Man Standing: Chopper 11

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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Last Man Standing: Chopper 11

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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1743340109

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Pulp Faction: Chopper 5

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

My publishers contacted me roughly five minutes before publication and requested one more short story, so I sat down and pondered writing a short murder mystery called "Death of a Publisher – by Slow Strangulation".' Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read is Australia's bestselling ex-convict. The standover man and self-confessed killer is Australia's only celebrity gangster and has spent most of his adult life in jail. Shot, stabbed, betrayed and minus a pair of ears; Chopper's tale of the Australian criminal underworld continues in Pulp Faction. The fifth volume of Chopper's memoirs contains a series of short stories. These shorts are raw, tough and funny, with a breathtaking ring of authenticity that could only have been written by a man who has lived these experiences. Featuring the classic stories 'Revenge of the Rabbit Kisser', 'The Shoe Shop Men' and 'Message in a Bottle', Pulp Faction will have you wondering what's true and what's not.

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1743340044

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9781743340042

The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

What if there was an author who wrote about crime and therefore relied upon death to earn a living.' Buried bodies, buried guns, buried money and buried truths. Only one man who's been on the inside tells it like it is about the Australian hit men, bikie wars and drug syndicates. While his peers suffered violent deaths, Chopper outlived them all to give the real story. This is the life of the standover man who went from ex-con to national icon. The Popcorn Gangster tells of the psychology of fear and the Calabrian contract straight from former street fighter and now bestselling author, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read.

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1743340095

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9781743340097

Road to Nowhere

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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Road to Nowhere

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1742628656

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One Thing Led to Another

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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Chopper 6

No Tears for a Tough Guy

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper 6

No Tears for a Tough Guy

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Life and activities of Australian criminals.

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064629637X

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9780646296371

Chopper 8

The Sicilian Defence

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper 8

The Sicilian Defence

By: Mark Brandon Read

Standover man Mark Brandon Read is released from prison. He outrages Cabinet ministers, civil libertarians and literary critics. He appears drunk on national television, makes the finals of the ARIA music awards, and is charged with firearms offences.

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0958607109

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From the Inside: Chopper 1

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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From the Inside: Chopper 1

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1743340001

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How to Shoot Friends and Influence People

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How to Shoot Friends and Influence People

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Crims and screws agree on one thing: that the people who run prisons wouldn't know if a tram was up them unless you rang the bell." How to Shoot Friends and Influence People, Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read's third book, was written behind bars as Chopper faced life in prison for a shooting he claimed he didn't commit. For this book, Chopper obtained confidential and extensive prison files relating to him under the Freedom of Information Act. These included psychological assessments, plus prison classification and discipline records. They provide a fascinating insight into how this maverick criminal dealt with the prison system over two decades. Featuring the infamous story of Tanya and Eddy, Chopper's coming-of-age yarn from his 18th birthday, plus reflections on the end of his long-term relationship and what it's like to be the most famous author-in-residence at Risdon Prison, this third volume of his memoirs contains more tales of the criminal underworld told in Chopper's unique style.

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1742613403

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The Singing Defective: Chopper 7

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

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The Singing Defective: Chopper 7

By: Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read,Mark Brandon Read

This book is a work of literary fiction – all persons believing to recognize themselves are advised to seek professional guidance.' Underworld executioner Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read became a bestselling author following the release of his autobiography Chopper: From the Inside. Drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers all lived in fear of the standover man, now Australia's most notorious celebrity. Chopper's memoirs, written behind bars, chart his rise to infamy on the streets and in jail. Bleak, brutal and laced with dark humour, Chopper's story gives the Australian public a truthful look at some of the country's most dangerous criminals. Featuring examples of Chopper's poetry and fiction, The Singing Defective is a prime example of why Chopper enjoys such success in Australia's literary scene.

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1743340060

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9781743340066

Last Man Standing

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Last Man Standing

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The Chopper series continues to be a best selling phenomenon in the Australian true crime genre. With Chopper 11: Last Man Standing, Mark Brandon Read takes you on another rollercoaster ride with his unique brand of criminal thought, intent and action through recollections on his amazing life. Laced with black humour, and a wisdom born from gritty experience, Chopper Read again raises the standing of the true crime genre. Love him or hate him he is a born entertainer.

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0977544044

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For the Term of His Unnatural Life

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For the Term of His Unnatural Life

By: Mark Brandon Read

The governor called me into his office one fine day and in his best serious voice with his best serious look told me I could no longer write letters to my publishers because it appeared to him that I was trying to write another book. The man should have been a rocket scientist..." The fourth volume of Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read's memoirs were written behind bars, against the wishes of the prison authorities and smuggled out in the form of letters. Including stories about drinking with Bob Hawke, Chopper's reflections on the closing of the infamous H-Division section of Pentridge Jail, his unique take on race relations, sex and relationships, For the Term of His Unnatural Life gives more fascinating insight into the mind and life of one of Australia's most notorious criminals, and what daily life behind bars in maximum security prison is actually like. Bleakly funny, brutal and disturbingly true, Chopper's memoirs have become international bestsellers and made him one of Australia's most famous - or infamous - names.

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1742613411

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From the Inside

By: Mark Brandon Read

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From the Inside

By: Mark Brandon Read

Apart from Irish whiskey, good cigars, Pontiac motor cars, and a pistol grip baby .410 shotgun with solid load shells, what I love the most is kidnapping smartarse gangsters and taking their money. To the human filth I have bashed, belted, iron barred, axed, shot, stabbed, knee capped, set on fire and driven to their graves, I can only quote from the motto of the French Foreign Legion, 'Je Ne Regrette Rien'...I REGRET NOTHING." Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is the son of a strict Seventh Day Adventist mother and a shell-shocked former soldier who slept with a loaded gun at his side. Bullied at school, he grew up dreaming of revenge ('there are none so merciless as those who have been shown no mercy', as he later noted). He became a criminal legend who terrorized drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but boasts he never hurt an innocent member of the public. This first volume of Chopper's memoirs, written from inside jail and laced with his trademark brutal humour, tells the story of his early life of crime - from streetfighter to standover man, gunman to long-term prisoner - and launched his career as a bestselling author.

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1742613381

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9781742613383

The Final Cut

By: Mark Brandon Read

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The Final Cut

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Only a drunk or a madman would survive - luckily, on that occasion, I was both."Ex-convict, author and celebrity Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read gives readers a unique insight into Australia's sordid criminal underworld. The Final Cut continues the incredible story of the self-confessed executioner, who knew receiving a phone call from an old friend meant another associate was soon to be a walking corpse.Written in Chopper's unique style and featuring his dark humour, the ninth instalment of Chopper's memoirs tells the story of the Tassie Chainsaw Massacre and explains why drinking Crown Lagers is the key to winning a serious pub brawl.

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Chopper 7

The Singing Defective

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper 7

The Singing Defective

By: Mark Brandon Read

No-one can give any guarantee that he will not expose the public to the danger of some form of violent crime. - Chief Justice William Cox ... written with verve and pace, and has the ring of authenticity. - Professor H.P. Heseltine, Miles Franklin Literary Award judge. What's verve mean? - Mark Brandon Read

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0646339230

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Chopper's Wisdom

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper's Wisdom

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He's everyone's best loved criminal and one of the most notorious, toughest individuals on the planet. Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read has kept his fans enthralled with his hilarious observations on the underworld crime scene and his turbulent and violent lifestyle. Now, for the first time, you can read some of his best pearls of wisdom, or 'chopperisms'. This hilarious collection of quotes from the best-selling Chopper series covers his thoughts on everything from his friends and enemies to weapons and women.

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1844541835

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Chopper 9

Some Don't Like it Hot

By: Mark Brandon Read

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Chopper 9

Some Don't Like it Hot

By: Mark Brandon Read

If you don't know Chopper by now then where on earth have you been hiding? Since the movie of his life and the eight bestselling books that followed, he's been shocking and amusing his fans in all corners of the globe. Now he's back, with another of his intriguing blends of fact and fiction—"Pulp Faction" as he calls it—in his ninth book. Based on his extensive experience in the underworld, these hilarious tales of violence allow Chopper to draw from some of the tales he's never before shared in a series of stories that'll make you laugh and wince in equal measure. A motley crew of characters lies in these pages ready to shock you with the kind of extreme and hysterical criminal antics that only Chopper has the nerve and verve to put down on paper. Guaranteed to storm the charts and upset the public at large all over again, this latest volume is a must-read for any self-respecting Chopper fan.

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1844548007

ISBN 13

9781844548002

Book's by Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read

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