Mad Frank: Memoirs of a Life of Crime - James Morton, Frankie Fraser > Reviews

Advantages: A different view on some famous criminal events
Disadvantages: Jumps from incident to incident, doesn't really flow

'Mad' Frank Frasier kept cropping up in various books I was reading about crime in London during what can be called the glory days, the 40's through to the 60's. After hearing his named mentioned so many times I looked further into his story. Frank's own biography, Memoirs of a life of crime, is the story of a man who has an incredible past to tell about the life he has led as one of the key figures in the underworld. 'Mad' Frank is a book ... Read review

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...popularly known as Frankie or Mad Frank, was firstly the "minder" for 1950's London gangland king Billy Hill and then, in the 1960's, quite literally the hatchet man for the South London brothers Eddie and Charlie Richardson. He wrote this book of reminisces with James Morton and it was first published in 1993. As autobiographies go it follows the standard route of parents, growing up, middle age etc, but of course with one exception: Frankie has ... Read review