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    Villains: It Takes One to Know One

    By Paul Ferris and Reg McKay

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    Paul Ferris was one of Britain's most feared gangsters for twenty-five years. Now, in Villains, Ferris reveals the real inside story of the villains he met and worked with, the common thugs and big-time players that surrounded him and the world of violence and fear he lived in every day of his life. In Glasgow, London and Manchester, Paul Ferris knew and worked with the biggest gangsters in the UK - everyone from Arthur Thompson in Glasgow to the Addams family in London and Rab Carruthers in Manchester. Villains is the story of the hard lives of hard men by someone who knows. There's jewel heists, crime families, new stories about Glasgow's Godfather, Arthur Thompson, a secret meeting with loyalist 'Mad Dog' Johnny Adair, the Glasgow hard man who loved bingo, and much more. And, when it comes to villains, it takes one to know one.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBlack & White Publishing
    Release dateJul 30, 2010
    ISBN9781845025243
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    Villains: It Takes One to Know One
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    Paul Ferris

    Born in Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Paul Ferris was a teenage footballing prodigy, becoming Newcastle United's youngest-ever player in 1982 – only for injury to ensure his promise went unfulfilled. He later returned to the club as a physiotherapist before earning a Master's degree and beginning a successful quest to qualify as a barrister. But the lure of football was always strong and he went back for a third spell at Newcastle, as Head of the Medical Department, again working closely with a host of big-name players and managers. His first book, The Boy on The Shed, was a bestseller. Paul also writes novels and is the CEO of a successful health and fitness business, Speedflex.

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    • 5/5
      Great wee book full of this and that.

      Would like to wish Me Ferris good fortune and long health.