Underbelly: The Gangland War
Andrew Rule & John Sylvester
The truth is stranger than fiction. Therefore the story of the Melbourne Gangland murders is a very strange one indeed.
It is my sort of read, small chunks in shortish chapters and just the facts. No fancy language to confuse me. However there are a lot of names to keep up with. People would come into the story and leave just as quickly, usually in a body bag.
Of course with stories like this there is the concern that it may be glorifying the fast living of the real life “gangsters.” However, how can you glorify dying at a tragically young age or ending up in jail for extremely long stints. They may have had the appearances of a good life on the outside with the big houses and nice cars, but the authors of Underbelly point out how paranoid which drove them into mental health issues. That is if the bullet didn’t get to them first.
It is my sort of read, small chunks in shortish chapters and just the facts. No fancy language to confuse me. However there are a lot of names to keep up with. People would come into the story and leave just as quickly, usually in a body bag.
Of course with stories like this there is the concern that it may be glorifying the fast living of the real life “gangsters.” However, how can you glorify dying at a tragically young age or ending up in jail for extremely long stints. They may have had the appearances of a good life on the outside with the big houses and nice cars, but the authors of Underbelly point out how paranoid which drove them into mental health issues. That is if the bullet didn’t get to them first.
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Hi Tim
I found some of the wording, although I haven't yet read very far into the book, to be somewhat disjointed and confusing.
Auntie Sue
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