Chopper 5 : don't go breaking my legs

Chopper (John Blake) #5

by Mark Brandon Read

In this, his fifth collection of shocking exploits, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read tells more of his astonishing tales of violence and murder with a unique black humour that has made him the most popular criminal today. He candidly and hilariously discusses his notorious life as one of the toughest criminals on the planet. He gives us his insights on the 'psychology of fear' that rules the criminal lifestyle and recounts tales of an array of gangs and criminals Written at the time of the Chopper film release, he reveals his thoughts on the media frenzy and whirlwind of attention created by his success. Hot on the heels of the previous Chopper instalments, Chopper 5 continues the bestselling phenomenon that has made Chopper such an icon.

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is an Australian ex-criminal who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels.
--from wikipedia

Reviews

[Nadiia Syvakivska · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just moved to Australia and my flatmate handed me Chopper 5 as his favorite read.
It’s the autobiography of a Melbourne criminal who goes by “Chopper.” Full of crime legends, prison fights, drugs, robberies, pimping business… and some philosophy as well.
My English vocabulary has definitely expanded. Mostly with words I should never use anywhere 😆

[John Somers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Done in a kind of diary style by Australia's favourite sociopath/best selling author. His writing style is very easy to read and highly entertaining though it did get slightly repetitive towards the end of the book. The anecdotes from back in the day are excellent though he does dwell a little too much on his current life as a chicken farmer in Tasmania in my opinion. However as I haven't read his earlier books that's probably affecting my judgement of this one as I feel I would have enjoyed it more in order as part of the series, which I think focuses a little more on his criminal past. Will definitely be picking up the rest of his books at some stage. Highly recommended if you saw & enjoyed the Eric Bana film Chopper.