Hard Bastards

by Kate Kray

These are men whose paths you'd better hope you never cross. Kate Kray has hunted them out, faced them down, and found out exactly what makes them tick...Hard Bastards has been one of the bestselling book of the past year. Comprising portraits of the 24 hardest men in the country, it is a 'must have' for Kate's thousands of followers, as well as all the many 'hard man book' fans. Kate has tracked down and interviewed such terrifying and fearless men Roy Shaw - 'You've got to learn how to be a tough guy. It took a long time and lots of hard graft for me to become as nasty as I am.' Johnny Adair - 'Do me a wrong and I'll bring it to your own back yard. You'll go to bed at night and barricade your front door in case Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair comes looking for you. Joey Pyle - 'A still tongue keeps a wise head. If you gamble with the Devil, the Devil will win.' Vic Dark - '48 years for a so-called friend. I should have just put a bullet in his nut.' 'Bill' - 'Respect - if a man hasn't got that, he's got f**k all. Then I have no choice, I take him out.'

Genres: Crime

251 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2000

Reviews

[Jack · Rating 2 out of 5]

bit dull and simple

[Trevor · Rating 2 out of 5]

It's basically a "Who's Who" of hard blokes.

Not all of them are gangsters, some of them are just doormen etc with no criminal records but all the questions asked are the same.

Asking someone who has never been in trouble with the police about their life of crime is a bit silly.

The writing isn't the best, there is misuse of phrases all over the shop and any cockney rhyming slang is in quotes, for some reason.

[Kristian Swift · Rating 4 out of 5]

enjoyed reading this the title would give vibes of gangster but they are not that way. Security work, doormen etc.

[Alan Galli · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still reading this and thoroughly enjoying it.

[Christian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed it