The Hell's Angels leader,Sonny Barger,is toasted as an American legend,and the bikers work hard to promote their folk-hero image.But the facts tell another story. The Hell's Angels are America's major crime export. Their membership has spread to 25 countries including the UK,Australia and Holland,where they have inspired a violent subculture of biker gangs who traffick drugs and suppress any attempt to stop them.ANGELS OF DEATH opens at the darkest moment of the Hell's Angels story,with the beheading of a woman at a chapter meeting. It tells the true story of the bikers,their crime empire and the attempt of the police to stop them - with only a few successes. With eyewitness accounts from police officers who have infiltrated the gangs and gang members who have turned informers,and undercover interviews with the bikers themselves,this is a chilling insight into the world's fastest growing crime empire.N.B. Also includes exclusive material from the leaders of the Hells Angels - Sonny Barger and George Christie - who have agreed to be interviewed for the book.
Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonISBN: 9780340898338Number of pages: 480Weight: 360 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 36 mm
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'This is a fascinating and disturbing study of a group of macho outsiders in the modern world. There is a terrific movie just waiting to be made out of this book.''Frightening stuff...a virtual anthology of badness; 452 pages of documented murder and mayhem perpetrated by the worst of the worst.'A true crime book that reads like a fiction thriller
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