Stop the Ride, I Want Off [Mass Market Paperback]

Dave Courtney (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2001

This autobiography has made London's most infamous celebrity gangster - and the inspiration for the character Big Chris, played by Vinny Jones, in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - an international star. Read about Dave Courtney's shady and amoral past, his time in jail, the violent encounters that put him there, and why he has decided it's time to get out of the crime business. Meet machete-wielding Chinese waiters, unlicensed boxing promoters and debt collectors. See Dave bitten, beaten, stabbed and shot; and learn that prison didn't do anything except to make him determined always to be better at not getting caught.

Editorial Reviews

From the Inside Flap

More of a Robin Hood than a robbin' bastard - his own self-portrait - Dave Courtney has been a legend in South London criminal circles since the days of the Krays. Debt collecting, fraud, forgery, handling stolen goods, cheating customs and exise, bank-robbing - he's the man the papers call 'one of the most feared men on the streets of London', and 'one of Britain's most violent, amoral, long-term criminals'.

Now's your chance to meet the man himself. To read his story. To learn what takes a man from a normal family (his father a scout master, his mother a store detective) to being known by his friends - and enemies - as Dodgy Dave; the Yellow Pages of Crime; and Heir to the Krays.

From the backstreets of south-east London, through unlicensed boxing matches in Luton Car Plant and Crystal Palace, and a bouncer's eye view of the bars and clubs of the capital, we'll meet machete-wielding Chinese waiters, gun-toting Dutch drug dealers, and all kinds of acid-house ravers. We'll see Dave bitten, beaten, stabbed and shot; and learn that prison didn't do anything except to make him determined always to be better at not getting caught.

'Dodgy Dave' is no more, as he moves into a career in the media and sports promotion. And in saying goodbye to a life of crime, Dave Courtney tells all in his no-holds-barred, amazing autobiography.

About the Author

Dave Courtney was born in 1959, and grew up in Camberwell Green, London. He writes a regular column in the monthly magazine Front.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 416 pages
• Publisher: Virgin Books; First Edition edition (September 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0753504626
• ISBN-13: 978-0753504628
• Product Dimensions: 1.2 x 4.2 x 6.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,437,823 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #87 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Specific Groups > Criminals

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5.0 out of 5 stars Why stop the ride ?, October 15, 2003

By 

J. Creighton (Haverhill, Suffolk) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off (Hardcover)

Great book. It had me on the edge of seat at times at others I just laughed and laughed. read about Dave driving a Taxi for cover and how an old lady climbed in the back while it was full of nicked gear !

Well worth reading

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wild Ride, March 17, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Stop the Ride, I Want Off (Mass Market Paperback)

This was a real fun book, written by a guy who's lived the kind of life us normal every day joes only wish we could have. A lot of really funny lines and stories. This is Arnold Swarzenegger in real life. A man's man. I'd really like to sit down and have a beer with this dude. Hopefully it's all true.

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop the Ride I Want to Get Off: An Autobiography, March 9, 2003

By 

Mathew Wilson (Chicago, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Stop the Ride, I Want Off (Mass Market Paperback)

Buy this book!!!! Don't hesitate, I had my copy shipped from the UK and that took weeks not to mention $$$$ Keep your eye open for "Hell To Pay" Dave's new movie due out soon.
If you like Guy Ritchie you'll love Dave Courtney!!!!
By the way this book gets three thumbs up!!!! Awesome!