AUSTRALIAN TRUE CRIME

John Killick’s autobiography of childhood suffering, petty crime and gambling led to bank robberies, unrequited love, prison brutality and prison escapes (including the plucking of Killick from the exercise yard of a Sydney prison by a helicopter hijacked by his girlfriend). This is a love story by a bank robber.

xiv, 356 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm  First Edition #010223

Killick, John, 1942-  |  Dudko, Lucy.  |  Escapes — New South Wales.  |  Criminals — New South Wales — Biography.  |  Prisoners — New South Wales — Biography.  |  Man-woman relationships — New South Wales — Biography.  |  Escaped prisoners — New South Wales — Biography.  |  Fugitives from justice — New South Wales — Biography.  |  Australian