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Gangs

Author: Ross Kemp
Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd
Category: Book

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Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

5 reviews
Sales Rank: 45760

Media: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 1

ISBN: 0718153286
EAN: 9780718153281
ASIN: 0718153286

Publication Date: September 6, 2007
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Rivetting and educational August 3, 2008
Ross Kemp has written a very absorbing study of gangs around the word. So he goes to places like Jamaica, Cape Town, New Zealand, Russia and meets members of these gangs. These gangs have few, if any, redeeming features. You won't feel uplifted by these characters at all. The author's participation in this study is why it is so immediate and interesting. He does so at quite great risk to his own person: wisely he concentrates on the gangsters rather than himself, but throughout the book, he does add the odd telling comment. Ross Kemp has done the public a great service by writing this book. Its not pleasant reading, but it is certainly educational.
The chapters on each gang are the right length: Ross Kemp's style of writing is easy to read: the conversations with gangsters are well edited.

5 out of 5 stars

Awesome January 20, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I don't typically write reviews, but this book deserved praise. This book is awesome. I bought it on a friday afternoon and as good as finished it by monday; with every spare moment I had (even in the bath...!) I consumed it's inticing pages.

I saw the TV series and worried there wouldn't be anything new in the book, but the change of medium is nothing but a compliment. As a Criminology student I can see myself dipping into it time after time in the future.

One of the delights is the simplicity of the book; a biographical account of some of the most dangerous people on earth written in an interesting format by someone who genuinely feels (but does not, in must be emphasised, condone) the plight of the people. Ross doesn't litter his writing with theories by acemdemics and reference after reference to other books, but he does include the quotes and thoughts of the victims, perpetrators and those who try and prevent the gangs awful actions.

If you have any interest in crime, culture or even travel, buy this book. You will not be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars

BUY IT NOW January 6, 2008
I was not that taken by the tv show, but my son got me the book for christmas so I did what I had to do.................. I could not put it down. Brilliant, Brilliant, Brilliant.

5 out of 5 stars

Must buy. October 26, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful

If you love the series you will love this book truely amazing. Just recieved it today and can't put it down.Many things in it that you did not see on the tv program.

4 out of 5 stars

Excellent read October 2, 2007
19 out of 24 found this review helpful

This book was really interesting, I couldn't put it down!
Although gorey at times it was weird to think that this stuff actually happens all the time.
Definately worth buying this book! Ross Kemp was lucky to survive what he went through with the people he met!