Underbelly Squizzy

Muir, Andy
ISBN: 9781743316504 Categories: ,

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The epic story of Australia’s the first superstar gangster of the 20th Century – Joseph Theodore Leslie Taylor, known to all as ‘Squizzy’, was a man whose relentless quest for power knew no boundaries.
In the 1920s, Squizzy Taylor was a household name for all the wrong reasons – armed robbery, fraud, sly grog and prostitution rackets, race fixing, extortion, jury rigging and illegal gambling. Squizzy was a dandy, a bootlegger and Melbourne’s most notorious criminal. From 1915 to 1927 he and his gang waged open warfare against their rivals across Melbourne.Underbelly: Squizzy tells the epic story of Squizzy Taylor’s relentless quest for power and recognition, a quest that ultimately created our first celebrity gangster. Among those who really knew him – the women in his life and the members of his gang – Squizzy left a trail of misery and heartache, but in the end he got what he wanted. People still remember his name
“This book is a novelisation of the Screentime miniseries, Underbelly : Squizzy, which screened on Channel Nine”–Page [v].
x, 341 pages ; 20 cm #0921
Taylor, Squizzy, 1888-1927. | Biographical fiction, Australian — Victoria. | Criminals — Victoria — Melbourne — Fiction. | Gangs — Victoria — Melbourne — Fiction. | Criminals — Victoria — Melbourne — Biography. | Australian

Additional Information

AuthorMuir, Andy
Number of pagesx, 341 pages ; 20 cm
PublisherAllen & Unwin, Australia
Year Published2013
Binding Type

Softcover

Book Condition

(Unused), Fine

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