Chopper 2 : hits and memories : more confessions of Mark Brandon Read
by Mark Brandon Read
Chopper (2)
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Mark Brandon Read - Chopper to his friends and enemies - has become a cult figure across the world. Since the success of the movie of his life, and the accompanying book, his exploits have shocked and amused readers in several countries. An underworld executioner and notorious criminal, when Chopper was first released from prison he vowed never to return. He became a bizarre celebrity as his autobiography became a bestseller. Six months later he was back in jail writing the second show more astonishing instalment of his brilliant memoir: How to Shoot Friends and Influence People. 'I enjoyed reading the first book. I just wish I wasn't in it.' DETECTIVE INSPECTOR ROD PORTER 'Mark Brandon Read has done for literature what Hannibal Lecter did for vegetarianism.' DETECTIVE SERGEANT ROD WILSON show lessTags
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Chopper read continues in his second book with short stories from the criminal underworld, predominantly in Melbourne but also a little from Sydney and Tasmania. Again Chopper recalls history from his own viewpoint with a lot of his ego coming through. Very similar style and stories to his first book.
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- Canonical title
- Chopper 2 : hits and memories : more confessions of Mark Brandon Read
- Original title
- Chopper 2 : hits and memories : more confessions of Mark Brandon Read
- Alternate titles
- Chopper 2: How to Shoot Friends and Influence People
- Original publication date
- 1992
- People/Characters
- Peter Yates; Frances Mullen; Lawrence Morton; Igor Stravinsky; Arnold Schoenberg; Lukas Foss (show all 25); Karlheinz Stockhausen; Pierre Boulez; John Cage; Frances Mullen Yates; Lou Harrison; Peyton Houston; Richard Buhlig; Ingolf Dahl; Kalman Bloch; Shibley Boyes; Mary-Jeannette Brown; Marni Nixon; Leonard Stein; Mitchell Lurie; Marvin Hayes; Karl Kohn; Margaret Kohn; William Kraft; Michael Tilson Thomas
- Important places
- Silver Lake, California, USA; Los Angeles, California, USA
- Dedication
- This book is dedicated
to Jack,
who has dedicated many of his compositions to me;
and to the musicians of Los Angeles,
whose passion for their art
made these concerts possible. - First words
- The story of "Evenings on the Roof" (founded in 1939) and its successor, "Monday Evening Concerts" (from 1954 to today), presents in microcosm the changing tastes, trends, and battles of twentieth-century art music.
- Blurbers
- Rich, Alan; Hitchcock, H. Wiley; Thomas, Michael Tilson
- Disambiguation notice
- The reissue of this work "Chopper 2 : how to shoot friends and influence people" not to be confused with the original Chopper 3 issue "Chopper 3 : how to shoot friends and influence people"
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- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics and Government
- DDC/MDS
- 364.1092 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Crime Criminal offenses
- LCC
- HV6248 .R392 .A32 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Criminal classes
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- English
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