Judas Pig [Paperback]

Horace Silver (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 28, 2004

It's hard to know whether the pseudonymous Silver is really an English criminal mastermind as claimed. This novel seems like a book such a man might write: plotless and self-aggrandizing. Billy Abrahams is a sharp-dressing thug who has risen from abuse and poverty to become one of London's most notorious gangsters. Pausing occasionally to explain proper villain decorum, he tells his story as a series of on-the-job anecdotes, chockablock with murder, mayhem, and misogyny. One suspects that running even a criminal empire might include managerial mundanities, but Billy's life is more like a Scorsese flick with all the exposition cut out. What ultimately keeps this tale afloat is its relentless energy and wonderfully inventive slang. No way to tell if the latter is authentic, either, but lines like ""bifocal bins so thick his mince pies look like a couple of currants"" are too good to resist. For crime fans who think Ken Bruen a bit mild.""--Booklist

Editorial Reviews

From Booklist

It's hard to know whether the pseudonymous Silver is really an English criminal mastermind as claimed. This novel seems like a book such a man might write: plotless and self-aggrandizing. Billy Abrahams is a sharp-dressing thug who has risen from abuse and poverty to become one of London's most notorious gangsters. Pausing occasionally to explain proper villain decorum, he tells his story as a series of on-the-job anecdotes, chockablock with murder, mayhem, and misogyny. One suspects that running even a criminal empire might include managerial mundanities, but Billy's life is more like a Scorsese flick with all the exposition cut out. What ultimately keeps this tale afloat is its relentless energy and wonderfully inventive slang. No way to tell if the latter is authentic, either, but lines like "bifocal bins so thick his mince pies look like a couple of currants" are too good to resist. For crime fans who think Ken Bruen (The Killing of the Tinkers [BKL N 15 03]) a bit mild. Keir Graff
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Product Details

• Paperback: 346 pages
• Publisher: Do Not Pr (September 28, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1904316344
• ISBN-13: 978-1904316343
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,459,886 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

HORACE SILVER IS THE PSEUDONYM OF FORMER GANGSTER JIMMIE PETERS. PETERS WAS BORN IN SILVERTOWN, EAST LONDON. HE CURRENTLY LIVES IN SPAIN.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THE AUTHOR PLEASE COPY AND PASTE THE FOLLOWING LINKS.

NOVEL LIFTS THE LID ON LONDON'S GANGLAND
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/feb/22/books.ukcrime

CURSE OF THE BRINKS-MAT HEIST CLAIMS ITS LATEST VICTIM
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2001/nov/25/ukcrime.tonythompson

LONDON'S NEW KRAYS TAKE SOHO
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/1999/nov/28/tonythompson.theobserver

JUDAS PIG FACEBOOK GROUP
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115013289074

SILVERTOWN BLUES
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GIeOxMsSn8


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