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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.



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Reminiscing on days gone by, this compelling book is a fascinating look into gang history through the eyes of Frank Fraser and two of his sons. * The Sun *

Safely in the past, Fraser's story becomes nostalgic - a swansong not just for a psychopath but for the world
he represented, with its supposed codes and false camaraderie. This is an arresting portrait of a bygone era.

* The Mail on Sunday *
A brilliantly structured and gripping account of an amazing family * Kimberley Chambers *

Mad Frank and Sons: Tougher than the Krays, Frank

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    A Paperback / softback by David Fraser, Pat Fraser, Beezy Marsh

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      Publisher: Pan Macmillan
      Publication Date: 23/02/2017
      ISBN13: 9781509807956, 978-1509807956
      ISBN10: 1509807950

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      Trade Review
      Reminiscing on days gone by, this compelling book is a fascinating look into gang history through the eyes of Frank Fraser and two of his sons. * The Sun *

      Safely in the past, Fraser's story becomes nostalgic - a swansong not just for a psychopath but for the world
      he represented, with its supposed codes and false camaraderie. This is an arresting portrait of a bygone era.

      * The Mail on Sunday *
      A brilliantly structured and gripping account of an amazing family * Kimberley Chambers *

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