GANGLAND GLASGOW

Robert Jeffrey

True Crime from the Streets

PUBLICATION: November 2002
ISBN: 1902927591
FORMAT: 234 x 156 mm, paperback
EXTENT: 192 pp
PRICE: 9.99


What comes to mind when you think about the city of Glasgow? Good shops? Good nightlife? Bad weather? How about any of the following:

• sharp-suited gang members hiding swords down the panelling of trendy Italian scooters
• police wearing specially designed leather neckbands to deflect knife attacks
• mounted police wielding sabres.

These things are a far cry from Glasgows recent reputation as a sophisticated and vibrant city, renowned for its great shopping and entertainment, and winner of the title of European City of Culture in 1990. Yet behind the bright lights of this thriving city, Glasgow also has darker story to tell

For more than 100 years Glasgow was known worldwide for its gangsters and villains. This book traces the history of the citys gangland violence from the bloody turf wars, extortion and religious battles to the rise in drug dealing today.

Written by Robert Jeffrey, Glasgows true-crime guru, this book tells the brutal story of Glasgows gangs for the first time. A powerful read.

ROBERT JEFFREY is a former managing editor at SMG and author of the runaway best-seller Glasgows Hard Men. He is also co-author of the highly successful Herald Clyde series of books.