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Danny King returns with the second instalment in his Crime Diaries series. In The Bank Robber Diaries we're treated to another riot of outrageous, unlawful behaviour as Chris Benson and his unscrupulous gang get themselves into some unthinkable tangles. When Gavin Benson is sent down for 15 years, the onus is on his kid brother Chris to safeguard the family "business". This is never easy when you have a scandalous wife with an insatiable taste for married men; and it's especially hard when your brother's wife--your lonely and sexually frustrated sister-in-law--demands "solace" in the absence of her husband. But Chris's major problem turns out to be his partner in crime, Vince. This unashamedly violent individual (even in bank-robbing terms) demonstrates a complete disregard for the lives of anyone who gets in his way, be they bank managers, passers by or even participants in a paintball battle. Vince is one liability that Chris can do without.
The book is not all about laugh-out-loud comic writing. The Bank Robber Diaries also explores the darker side of criminal activity... and that's a pretty large canvas when hired hit men, murders in the woods and the ever-looming prospect of capture or death are thrown into the equation. Thus King's success in popularising, if not glorifying, his protagonists is brought to an abrupt halt at all the right moments. Danny King is a witty and insightful narrator well in tune with the mind of a criminal, likable or otherwise. The Bank Robber Diaries is by no means a book for the faint hearted but the dark humour, hilarious episodes and gripping action described so well here make for a captivating read. --David Thwaites
- The Bank Robber Diaries is joint winner of the 2001 Amazon.co.uk Writers' Bursaries
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'Hilarious... well worth buying - and definitely worth half-inching' GQ
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
UTTERLY HILARIOUS!!!,
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This review is from: The Bank Robber Diaries (Paperback)
For anyone who's ever fantasised about being a "blagger", this is un-put-down-able. It's written in the same brilliantly funny way as King's first book The Burglar Diaries, but with a darker edge and some really exciting set-pieces. And don't worry that it might be more gangster-tosh in the same vein as the ever-more-boring Guy Ritchie -- it's the perfect antidote to that mockney rubbish, realistic and self-effacing. I can't wait for the next one.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Another King turnpager,
This review is from: The Bank Robber Diaries (Paperback)
The Bankrobber Diaries, the second in the 'Diaries' series is altogether darker then the first, but with equally fruity language but far more wanton violence. This is more black humour than laugh out loud, but as in the Burglar Diaries, there are some hillarious balls-ups in this one. The episode where two of the key characters use novel methods to beat the the TA-wannabee paintballing-pro's is pure class. Don't expect this to be as funny as the Burglar Diaries, but it is another fabulous Danny King page turner. Again, one gets the feeling that some of the material is not quite pure fiction.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
I was laughing out loud on the tube!,
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This review is from: The Bank Robber Diaries (Paperback)
Danny Kings way with words will have you rolling around, he has a twisted view on morality but you can't help but go along with it because of the quality writing, every time I finished a chapter i just had to go onto the next one. It's quite foul mouthed but given the character is a bank robber that's realistic. The action scenes are really exciting and well written and this would make a brilliant film.
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