The Profession of
Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins
By John Pearson.
Filmed as Legend (2015),
directed and written by Brian Helgeland.
Paperback.
Published by William
Collins.
First published 1972.
ISBN 13: 9780008150273
ISBN 10: 0008150273
ASIN: 0008150273
Description:
The classic, bestselling
account of the infamous Kray twins, now a major film, starring Tom Hardy.
Reggie
and Ronnie Kray ruled London’s gangland during the 60s with a ruthlessness and
viciousness that shocks even now. Building an empire of organized crime that
has never been matched, the brothers swindled, extorted and terrorized – while
enjoying a glittering celebrity status at the heart of the swinging 60s scene,
until their downfall and imprisonment for life.
The
private-eye business was slow, so Anthony Rome when skin-diving. But instead of
treasure he found a woman's naked body – her feet embedded in a block of
cement! She had last been seen alive at a ritzy party given by wealthy heiress
Gretchen Forrest. Also at the party had been bigtime tough Al Mungo, who
claimed he'd quit the rackets. Anthony Rome started asking questions. And one
morning he woke up swollen, bruised and beaten. He hadn't learned much – except
that Mungo hadn't lost his heavy touch, and that somewhere along the line,
Mungo had picked up a very special interest in lovely Gretchen Forrest!