Състояние: Добро
Забележка: Използвана, здрава и чиста книга, поовехтял външен вид.
Издателство: Mainstream Publishing Company
Град на издаване: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Наличност: singular
Ширина (мм): 150
Височина (мм): 230
Дебелина (мм): 18
Корици: Меки

Drug dealers beware. The Devil is coming to get you.

Gangster Stephen French invented the perfect crime: robbing drug barons of their huge fortunes. In SAS-style swoops, French raided their fortified mansions and tortured them with horrifying violence until they paid up. Through 'taxing' the richest and most powerful crimelords in the UK, he netted over £20 million.

French was no ordinary criminal. He was a world-champion fighter, he studied psychology at university to master mind-control techniques, and he used the teachings of Machiavelli and samurai warriors to outwit his enemies. The Devil also reveals French's complex relationship with Curtis Warren, the wealthiest criminal in British history. The two were childhood pals, then partners and finally bitter enemies.

Now a legitimate businessman, French built up a multimillion-pound empire. Having eventually turned his back on his former life, he is now seeking to set the record straight.

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CONTENTS

Author's note 11
Preface: They Called Me the Devil 12
Prologue 15

PART ONE - THE RISE

1. Better the Devil You Know 18
2. Good Versus Evil 24
3. Raising Hell - The Turning Point 30
4. The Devil Makes Work for Idle Hands 37
5. Deal with the Devil 45
6. The Apprentice Taxman 51

PART TWO - THE PLAYER

7. Full-time Taxman 58
8. Raise the Devil 63
9. The House of Horrors 71
10. Defy Beelzebub 81
11 Satanic Verses: Rules and Politics of Taxing 88
12. Gates of Hell 96
13. Playing Devil's Advocate 102
14. The Prince of Darkness 108
15. The Grim Reaper 114
16. Come Hell or High Purity 120
17. In League with the Devil: FWMD - Frenchie and 128 Wozzer Make Dollars
18. Luck of the Devil 135
19. The Devil is in the Detail 140
20. Hell's Kitchen 147
21. A Pressing Engagement 152
22. The Devil's Scorpion 158
23. Miracle Escape 163
24. The Day of the Jackal 169
25. The Devil's Ghost 179
26. The Devil's Court: The Case of the Cavalier Attitude 187
27. The Devil Rides Out 193
28. Sympathy for the Devil - The Epiphany 198

PART THREE - THE STRAIGHTGOER

29. On the Side of Angels 203
30. Up from the Ashes 210
31. Selling Your Soul to the Devil 214
32. You Can Take the Devil Out of Hell, but... 220
33. An Explosive Family 225
34. Hell's Angels 232
35. Hell Fire 236
36. Problem-solver Extraordinaire 241

Epilogue: Sins of the Father 245
Postscript 248
Glossary 255