Blink: A Journey Through Gangland Mayhem

by Ian MacDonald, David Leslie

As a young man in Glasgow’s underworld, Ian "Blink" MacDonald fought, robbed, and slashed his way to the top, developing a taste for the high life along the way. His notoriety earned him an offer of work from Scotland’s most feared gangster, Arthur Thompson, but MacDonald had other to finance a new life in Spain with the multimillion-pound proceeds of a high-risk armed bank robbery. But the job went badly wrong, and MacDonald was jailed for 16 years. In prison, he met scores of high-profile inmates, including torture-gang boss Eddie Richardson, high-society serial killer Archie Hall, notorious lifer Charles Bronson, and Ronnie O’Sullivan senior, father of the snooker star. Upon his release, MacDonald became a magnet for trouble, enjoying a hedonistic, drug-fueled lifestyle and finding himself drawn into conflict with police, gangsters, and businessmen. Rearrested several times, he was the target of more than one terrifying murder attempt. In Blink , MacDonald provides an eye-opening account of his highly eventful journey through life in Glasgow’s brutal gangland.

271 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2012

About the author

Obituary: The Guardian

Wikipedia Entry

Reviews

[Shaun Attwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

an action-packed gripping read, if you watched Blink's true crime podcasts on youtube, you will love this book, as it expands in great detail, Ian's life should be made into a movie

[Robert Heron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Majic , Very hounrable man

[Alan Galli · Rating 4 out of 5]

Brilliant read and a goood start for his first book, interesting stories and a bit of a what if to him joining the Thompson firm, sound guy, would like to read a second book from Blink.