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Bullied at school, and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark "Chopper" Read determined to be the toughest in any company. This autobiography tells how he became a crime commando who terrorized drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but he boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. As a streetfighter, gunman and underworld executioner, he has been earmarked for death a hundred times but has lived to tell the tale.
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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
By T Uttley
Format:Paperback
The autobiography of Mark Brandon Read ‘Chopper’ gives us a unique and seldom told insight into the criminal underworld of Australia, particularly Melbourne. The story begins by an infatuation with guns, explosives and military history crossed-wired with a young child who spent a lot of time drugged up in a psychiatric rehabilitation prison. Mix two vital ingredients together and you’re left with a dangerous man.
Probably the most sought-after criminal in Australia, Chopper acquired his enemies through his friends’ enemies and from robbing the bank robbers and other similar criminals. He’s killed plentiful, but protests “I’m no murderer…I’m a garbage disposal expert” and from a certain perspective, his tales hold a strong point of view. The only men he has claimed to kill are murderers themselves, drug dealers and rapists. Any other men he has killed may well have been innocent, but Chopper was acting purely in self-defence.
Spending most of his life behind bars, Chopper inevitably made friends with other inmates and also confronted his worst enemies. Cleverly thought out antics and plots to burn down prisons are just a range of things Chopper and friends would execute in an attempt to relieve boredom and pass time. Nevertheless he claims: - “It is a madhouse in prison – and twice as bad outside,”
Packed with hilarious non-chronological stories about imbecilic big shot gangsters; Close attempts to wipe out Chopper; And a world where criminals fear Chopper over the law; this book will keep you thoroughly entertained from start to finish.
In his own words; “You can fool some of the people all of the time, And you can even fool all of the people some of the time, but in the real world of blood and guts you don’t fool Chopper Read any of the time.”
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By Mackey
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I have read a fair few crime books recently and must say that this is one of the best. After seeing the film i wanted to learn more about chopper, this book is basically him telling a collection of stories about his past life. It it very difficult to put down, it reads in an incredibly interesting way as you can see his madness and violent past come alive in the pages. The ending is particuarly good not so much a twist but almost some life lessons that chopper puts forward. I have brought the next one and highly highly highly reccommend it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I had never heard of this guy until recently when a friend told me to get it,which i did.Wow.how can a man do what this one did and get away with it.Responsible for many murders.caught on a couple.He lived his life as he wanted and still does.The book goes deep inside his soul,a man with no regrets about the lives he has taken.An excellent book written by the man himself while in prison.A film of his life has just been released.
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Too far-fetched
I loved the fil and if these tales had been true then the book would have been quite a good read, but the fact that most of it is so patently the vivid imagination of the author... Read more
Published 8 months ago by Nickice
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Good service...not a great book
Service good. Now to the book review. Not sure how much is fantasy/Fiction: a bit like the big religion books in that respect, but without the condoning of slavery or the urging to... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Steve
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Does it add up?
My problem with reading this book is that it's hard to see how he could have done everything that he claims to have done. Read more
Published on 17 July 2010 by graham_525
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Scary funny
This book is shocking in many ways. Chopper Read has had a very different life to most people but he still has a sense of humour about him. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2010 by Ross Stenson
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Must Read
i read autobiographies daily. this has 282 pages , before stopping for a glimpse of the clock i read over half! Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2008 by G. T. Brown
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chopper
this book is a well diagrammed life of a man who does what others fear or can't do he was one of the most feared men in austalia and boasts about killing drug deallers and pimps ie... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2008 by Mr. Richard M. Manktelow
1.0 out of 5 stars
Promises much delivers little - what did you expect from a crim?
What goes on in the mind of a professional murderer and torturer? Not much, if you are to judge from this book. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2006 by Glidd of Glood
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thumbs down
This is a sad attempt to emulate american crime galore. The author is obviously making things up as he writes. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 2006 by Marios Guevara
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A unique true crim biography
You will read no other book lik this! Gangsters, bare knuckle fighters and villains all have a somewhat simliar story to tell, but how many criminals earns their crust off other... Read more
Published on 26 Feb 2005 by Del
3.0 out of 5 stars
The luckiest criminal to ever live
The autobiography of Mark Brandon Read ‘Chopper’ gives us a unique and seldom told insight into the criminal underworld of Australia, particularly Melbourne. Read more
Published on 24 July 2003 by T Uttley
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