Mark chopper read biography online

  • Chopper.
  • Mark Brandon Read remains one of Australia's most controversial public figures.
  • Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is an Australian ex-criminal who wrote a series of semi-autobiographical and fictional crime novels.

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    Chopper Unchopped

    All eleven volumes of Chopper's original memoirs ... unchopped



    Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read is Australia's most famous standover man and one of its most prolific authors.



    Now, for the very first time, all eleven volumes of Chopper's memoirs are together in this special collector's edition. From his criminal youth to his time in prison to his life as a reformed man, the entire journey is here.



    This omnibus edition contains the following complete and unabridged books:



    From the Inside: Chopper 1

    Hits and Memories: Chopper 2

    How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3

    For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4

    Pulp Faction: Chopper 5

    No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6

    The Singing Defective: Chopper 7

    The Sicilian Defence: Chopper 8

    The Final Cut: Chopper 9

    The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5

    Last Man Standing: Chopper 11



    Chopper is an icon in popular Australian culture and in the criminal underworld. Find out why in Chopper's own

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    Description for ChopperPaperback. Bullied at school, and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark 'Chopper' Read determined to be the toughest in any company. He became a crime kommando who terrorised drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. This work presents his story. Num Pages: 288 pages, 16 page b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 178. 288 pages, 16 page b/w illustrations. Bullied at school, and growing up dreaming of revenge, Mark 'Chopper' Read determined to be the toughest in any company. He became a brott commando who terrorised drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but boasts never to have hurt an innocent member of the public. This work presents his s

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    Chopper

    February 27, 2017
    “I’ve dug a few graves in my time. But I’ve never gone so far as to make a man dig his own. There’s no need to go that far - it would be plain bad manners” - Mark Brandon Read.

    Have you read many autobiographical books that begin with the author being stuffed into a car trunk at gunpoint before being forced to dig their own grave? That’s the chilling beginning to Chopper, From the Inside, the story of Australian criminal turned celebrity, Mark Brandon Read, AKA Chopper.

    You may have seen the Australian film Chopper, the movie that propelled Eric Bana to Hollywood stardom for his hypnotic portrayal of a violent, charismatic Melbourne extortionist (if you haven’t you’re missing out- it’s a great film and a classic piece of Australiana). This is the book the film was based on, and Mark Read (or his alter-ego, the terrifying standover man known as Chopper) is the ear-less extortionist that Bana was playing.

    Chopper, From the Inside is violent, entert