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A Way of Life: Over Thirty Years of Blood, Sweat and Tears
by: Reggie Kray

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 364
EAN: 9780330485111
ISBN: 0330485113
Label: Pan Books
Manufacturer: Pan Books
Number Of Pages: 224
Publication Date: June 22, 2001
Publisher: Pan Books
Studio: Pan Books
Sales Rank: 41766

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Excellent and sad
I brought this book when i was home in oxford england for the plane ride Back to the USA.
I could not put it down.
Ive always had an intereast in the twins and being an Ex pat Brit you find things much more intreasting when you can relate being from the same background.
American organized crime is written about very much in fact their is thousands of books to read about the mafia.

This book is about Reg and his time locked up for 30 years not so much about the twins heyday in the 60s.
Reg talks about the highs and lows of his time inside and about the cruel way the authorities play with your mind.
The prisons in general seem not to be intreasted in rehab but only interested in breaking men and their ... Read More:

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- A small insight into a complex man
Reg Kray was clearly a man who was capable of so much more than theviolence and gangland activities for which he and his brother werenotorious, and A Way of Life shows this superbly.
Reg comments articulately and thoughtfully on many things during thecourse of the book from the drudgery and violence of prison life tolasting friendships, loyalty, family, treachery and politics. However, theoverriding impression was of a man genuinely taken aback that his releasefrom prison was repeatedly denied, while serial rapists, paedophiles andother far more dangerous specimens were parolled, often to reoffend almostinstantly. As Reg had to be on death's door with cancer before hisrelease, and his ongoing incarceration was clearly more politicallymotivated ... Read More:

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- very good
I HAVE READ ALOT OF BOOKS ON THE KRAY AND IT HAS TO BE SAID THAT THIS IS THE BEST ONE ANY OF THE KRAYS HAS WRITTEN.THE REASON I SAY THIS IS BECAUSE IN THIS BOOK I BELIEVE HE HOLDS NOTHING BACK ON THE WAY HE HAS LIVED LIFE AND THE WAY HE WAS LIVING IT AT THIS TIME. THE PRISON STORIES ARE BRILLIANT AND IT IS CERTAINLY A MUST READ TO KRAY FANS.

Rating:

- utterly fascinating
This book is a must-read, and not only for those who are interested in the story of the Krays'. Past books by and about Reg Kray focused on the crimes he committed in the 50's and 60's and his life, along with his twin brother Ron, as a leading gangster in London. This latest book, however, tells a vastly different story - that of a man who spent literally half his life in prison. With many anecdotes, some amusing, some incredibly sad, Reg Kray gives an insight into a life spent behind bars. We read about the many moves from prison to prison, relationships with other inmates and "screws" (lots of colourful characters!), the hardships including depression, attempted suicide and the separation from his twin brother. The book also tells of his reactions ... Read More:

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- A gritty, honest, and often touching story of life in prison
The fact that Reg Kray was not a professional writer, lends this book realism and an edge, that most of the many books on the Kray's failed to communicate. Regardless of whether your opinion of Reggie Kray and twin brother Ronnie, is one of sympathy for their plight, or a feeling that justice was seen to be done, one can't help but feel a certain sadness emanating from these pages. Reggie exhales the rancid air of prison life, right into this work, and the reader feels it too, as we are taken around the country, from prison to prison. We accompany a man forging friendships, severing links, documenting hardship and, at times, barely existing, in a world that is about as far from reality as it is possible to be. An astute life observer, Reggie writes it ... Read More:

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