Mad Frank and Sons: Tougher than the Krays, Frank and his boys on gangland, crime and doing time
Jun 2016 · Pan Macmillan
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Drawing on exclusive final interviews with Frank, and with unprecedented access to his closest relatives, Mad Frank and Sons follows his rise from a small kid stealing to put food on the table to a feared and respected West End crime lord and head of a legendary gangland family. It includes the story of Frank's beloved sister, Eva, who was a top-class West End shoplifter, and his sons David and Patrick, who reveal in shocking detail the full extent of the family's network and the influences that shaped them.
With sawn-off shotguns as toys, the Kray twins as family friends and a mother who urged them as teenagers to 'get out of bed and rob a bleedin' bank', it is little wonder that the Fraser boys were heavily involved in organized crime by the time they were in their twenties. Packed with new information, and featuring some of the most famous names in the London underworld, this is a fascinating slice of gangland history seen through the eyes of Frank Fraser and his two renegade sons.
With sawn-off shotguns as toys, the Kray twins as family friends and a mother who urged them as teenagers to 'get out of bed and rob a bleedin' bank', it is little wonder that the Fraser boys were heavily involved in organized crime by the time they were in their twenties. Packed with new information, and featuring some of the most famous names in the London underworld, this is a fascinating slice of gangland history seen through the eyes of Frank Fraser and his two renegade sons.
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Truck Mitchell
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January 31, 2017
Frazer I've always admired this man who came from nothing & was feared by many but sadly I'd have to acknowledge tht some of this seems a bit far fetched and the price of this book is ridiculously high for a tall tale.R.I.p mad franky frazer may you be forever remembered god bless.
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Anthony Pocock
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April 20, 2017
Glorifying criminals very poor taste Fraserburgh had no excuse for turning to crime and in prison he got no more than he deserved the man's ego is enormous just like the author of this rubbish
Prophet Ascending
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September 2, 2016
Fraser was a national service dodging, too lazy to work a proper job, 5 on 1 bullying, tool merchant, pathetic piece of human sewage.
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About the author
Frank and his sons have, together, spent more than sixty years at Her Majesty's Pleasure in some of Britain's toughest prisons. Frank was a gangland enforcer for crime boss Billy Hill before becoming a leader in the underworld of the Krays and Richardsons. Patrick and David's criminal career includes armed robbery and drug-running. Both are now retired.
Beezy Marsh is an award-winning journalist who has written for the Daily Mail and Sunday Times.
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