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At Ronnie Kray''s funeral, London crime expert John Pearson saw a man he didn''t recognise - but who all the notorious criminals present deferred to.

This is the remarkable true story of that man: ''the Englishman''.

Investigations revealed that the Englishman was never mentioned in any of the previous books on organised crime, not because he wasn''t involved, but because everyone was too scared to speak his name. Moreover, he was as legendary a figure on the streets of New York as on the streets of London.

Pearson persuaded the mysterious criminal leader to talk to him - and the result was a story even more extraordinary than that of the Kray twins. Here Pearson reveals the true story of the Englishman who became the adopted son of Joey Pagano, the head of one of the major New York crime families. Here the Englishman tells the story that no-one else dared to tell.
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One Of The Family

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
      Published 5 August 2004
      ISBN-13 9780099457787
      978-0099457787
      ISBN-10 0099457784
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      _____________________________
      At Ronnie Kray''s funeral, London crime expert John Pearson saw a man he didn''t recognise - but who all the notorious criminals present deferred to.

      This is the remarkable true story of that man: ''the Englishman''.

      Investigations revealed that the Englishman was never mentioned in any of the previous books on organised crime, not because he wasn''t involved, but because everyone was too scared to speak his name. Moreover, he was as legendary a figure on the streets of New York as on the streets of London.

      Pearson persuaded the mysterious criminal leader to talk to him - and the result was a story even more extraordinary than that of the Kray twins. Here Pearson reveals the true story of the Englishman who became the adopted son of Joey Pagano, the head of one of the major New York crime families. Here the Englishman tells the story that no-one else dared to tell.
      _____________________________
      <

      Trade Review
      Straight out of The Godfather ... this insight into the hidden world of the mafia is well worth reading * The Oldie *
      Brilliantly thrilling * Heat *

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