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Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun: The Autobiography of a Career Criminal
by
Razor Smith
Brutal and violent, this tell-all is a personal account of the life of Razor Smith and the world in which he lived, where ruthlessness, viciousness, and savagery are prized and admired. In prison more than half of his life for assaults and armed robberies, Smith became confined in a peculiar kind of hell from which his only route of escape was to master the art of writing.
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Paperback
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482 pages
Published
July 28th 2005
by Penguin Books
(first published 2005)
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I loved this book. Couldnt put it down. It has this brilliant mix of Cockney slang and London/underworld dialect with well-written English. The stories were funny and poignant and rang true and honest. I was well and truly enchanted! I have already ordered two more of his books and can't wait to dive in.
The author, with dozens of criminal convictions and serving a life sentence, details his life of crime. He’s an excellent writer, and has a lot of interesting things to say about the British penal system. Although he did commit a few quite brutal acts, in general he considers himself one of the last of the “noble” kinds of crook: he never mugged a citizen or broke into a house, just fought with gangs and robbed banks. He’s willing to accept a lot of responsibility for what his life became, thoug
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This was really eye-opening. Not my usual read but was bought for me as a present and I couldn't put it down.
Incredible. A true story that seems to mix a few of my very favorite books (Education of a Felon and Borstal Boy) and sets it against the true story of the Clash's "Last Gang in Town". Razor Smith was born a poor Irish kid to FOB parents in London in 1960, and in the 70s formed his own rockabilly gang, the Balham Wildkatz, to fight groups of punks, skins, and mods. Already an armed robber by the time he was fifteen, the author graduated to becoming a serial bank robber. If I was trying to write
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I'm *still* reading this book. I'm still enjoying it. It's a harsh read, but very very good.
Full disclosure - I work for the company that published this book - but it doesn't affect my review. I won't give a good review (or finish, really. Life's too short...) to anything I don't like.
Full disclosure - I work for the company that published this book - but it doesn't affect my review. I won't give a good review (or finish, really. Life's too short...) to anything I don't like.
I enjoyed this book. Razor Smith was an old time Robber, who didn't initially use guns. He accepted the time for his crimes and even tried to turn over a new leaf. However, his last time effort cost him more than he bargained for.
a bit too many pages on all the crime. the last chapter was great when he finally spoke to his regrets and feelings surrounding the life he led.
Absolutely fascinating especially as I read the second book by Razor first. I could see how he'd got to the point of the second book.
Really enjoyed this book, Razor's a great writer and gives a very honest account of life as a career criminal.
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