Martin Knight Knihy

The Bay City Rollers were one of the brightest things to happen in the tumultuous 1970s, illuminating a dark decade marred by falling stock markets, a plummeting economy and industrial unrest. Alan Longmuir, an apprentice plumber from Edinburgh, was inspired by The Beatles to form a band in the 1960s. Firstly, he enlisted his brother and then his cousin and via throwing a dart at a map they eventually became the Bay City Rollers. Success was slow in coming but when it did it was beyond Alan’s (and almost everyone else’s) wildest dreams. A string of million selling records led to Rollermania – a mass-hysterical fan reaction not seen since Beatlemania. Like a wildfire it spread across the world. The Rollers’ juggernaut was out-of-control. Alan Longmuir recounts his surreal journey from the Dalry backstreets to the Hollywood hills and back to being a plumber. Along the way he punctures some of the myths and untruths that have swirled around the group. Most of all, though, Alan captures the great adventure that a bunch of young boys from Edinburgh embarked on that for a few years threatened to turn the whole world tartan. Tragically, while finishing his memoirs Alan Longmuir was taken ill while on a holiday in Mexico marking his 70th birthday and died back in Scotland a short while later. It was his great desire that I Ran With The Gang should be released.

Paul Garfield is a suicide in waiting. Following the death of his wife and soulmate, Jan, he lives with controlled despair, going through the motions for the sake of his daughter, who is starting out in the world. When he recalls the murder of an elderly war hero he knew as a schoolboy, and believing an older local youth to be responsible, Paul is determined to confront the killer. Travelling back to his childhood home, he surprises himself by what happens next. And how it makes him feel. Vengeance is easy. Retribution is sweet. Life is worth living. The notorious rape and murder of two hitchhikers from decades past resurfaces in the news when the killer is paroled, and Paul decides that wrongs have not been adequately righted. Neither has punishment been applied to the historic abuser of his surrogate son, Bubbles. Operating from the moral high ground, Paul sets out on a quest for justice. But when a celebrity clairvoyant claims to be in touch with Jan, he becomes enraged and decides

First published to critical acclaim as Gypsy Joe, with The Observer selecting it as Sports Book Of The Year, Cushty is a revised and expanded edition. Encouraged as a child to reject the gypsy tradition of fighting and take up golf, Joe rose through the ranks of the professional sport. However, after having to leave his club due to false accusations, he fell into bare-knuckle fighting and crime. Only when prison loomed did he reflect on his life's course and left the underworld. A redemptive, uplifting account of a young man's determination to realise his dream regardless of prejudice.

Hoolifan je příběhem jednoho muže,Martina Kinga, který líčí zážitky nabité za tři desetiletí strávená v nejznámějším fotbalovém gangu Anglie. Chelsea vždycky byla spojována s fotbalovým násilím a King sám byl přes 30 let v srdci vyvíjející se party jejich fanoušků. Popisuje svůj vývoj od první návštěvy fotbalového utkání na začátku šedesátých let. Čtenář sleduje,jak se z dítěte točícího řehtačkou stává plnohodnotný člen nechvalně známé Boudy Chelsea sedmdesátých let a nakonec klíčová postava nejobávanějšího fotbalového gangu osmdesátých let - tzv. Chelsea Headhunters (Lovci Lebek). King popisuje hlavní postavy jednotlivých období nejen z Chelsea,ale z celé Anglie. Každou výtržnost,rvačku i pomstu do nejmenšího detailu stejně jako přátelství a módní trendy, kterými členové tohoto nejslavnějšího fotbalového gangu žili. Není to jen další kniha na oblíbené téma fotbalového výtržnictví. Martin King se narozdíl od ostatních autorů nesnaží distancovat od násilí a nechává čtenáře, aby si udělal vlastní závěr. Někdy provokativní, často humorný, ale vždy pravdivý. Hoolifan je předurčen k tomu,aby více než ostatní knihy zasadil fenomén fotbalového výtržnictví do pravdivého společenského kontextu.

Exploring the dark side of familial ties, this book delves into historical examples where crime and cruelty are inherited traits. It presents case studies from various eras, including the Ptolemaic dynasty, the Beane family of Scotland, and modern criminal families, highlighting themes of murder, madness, and ambition. The narrative questions the protective instincts of family bonds, revealing the hidden cruelties that can arise within. As part of the True Crime Casefiles series, it offers psychological insights, testimonies, and unsettling photographs.

British author Martin Knight was born at the end of the 1950s on the outskirts of semi-rural South London. Broken Wafers tells the story of his life on a council estate as he navigates the 1960s and the first half of the 1970s. Knight charts a period when Britain emerged from post-war austerity into a more vibrant, hopeful, comfortable and colourful age. He recalls everyday life in his multi-racial family and the thrill of the gradual arrival of such innovations as the refrigerator, the telephone, the colour television and hormones. Broken Wafers is an unashamed and forensic wallow in nostalgia.

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