{"product_id":"9781448217434","title":"Legacy : Gangsters, Corruption and the London Olympics","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eLegacy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Gillard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern gangster cashes in on the London Olympics; business, politics and police corruption undermine the operation to stop him. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen billions poured into the neglected east London borough hosting the 2012 Olympics, a turf war broke out between crime families for control of a now valuable strip of land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUsing violence, guile and corruption, one gangster, the Long Fella, emerged as a true untouchable. A team of local detectives made it their business to take him on until Scotland Yard threw them under the bus and the business of putting on 'the greatest show on earth' won the day. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAward-winning journalist Michael Gillard took up where they left off to expose the tangled web of chief executives, big banks, politicians and dirty money where innocent lives are destroyed and the guilty flourish. Gillard's efforts culminated in a landmark court case, which finally put a spotlight on the Long Fella and his friends and exposed London's real Olympic legacy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After reading this \u003cb\u003eextraordinary book\u003c\/b\u003e, I realised how much has changed in the criminal underworld of London's East End since I wrote my own book on the Kray twins nearly fifty years ago. Where there are criminals, there is always corruption, but \u003cb\u003eMichael Gillard reveals criminal corruption on a scale that the Kray twins would never have dreamt of\u003c\/b\u003e when I knew them. Recreational drugs had barely started, the Krays were simple East End gangsters and the police were relatively easy to cope with then. In contrast, the world that Gillard uncovers is a nightmare of corruption, with vast amounts of crooked money and constant threats against him. \u003cb\u003eTo write a book like\u003ci\u003e Legacy\u003c\/i\u003e requires courage as well as literary skill.  Michael Gillard has both\u003c\/b\u003e” —\u003ci\u003eThe Profession of Violence, The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cb\u003eA story of violence and corruption in gangland London that reads like \u003ci\u003eThe Sopranos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e….says a lot about Gillard's immense strength of character and his fearless commitment to evidence-based journalism… it was \u003cb\u003eGillard's robust journalism that managed to prove what the police failed to do in 30 years\u003c\/b\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781448217434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Reader","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40717553828046,"sku":"9781448217434","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781448217434","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}