The No 1 Bestseller'A fascinating read'Seán O'Rourke,RTé Radio One'Fat'Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was sixteen and already aspiring to be a major crime boss. Over the next twenty years his criminal career would be marked by mayhem,brutality and murder.In 2000 a row over a failed drugs deal ignited a murderous feud in Dublin's south inner city. The Crumlin-Drimnagh feud's first victim was a friend of Thompson's and he led his Crumlin crew in a series of tit-for-tat killings. Sixteen young men would lose their lives over the next fifteen years.Meanwhile,childhood friend,Daniel Kinahan,had become a senior figure in his father Christy Kinahan's international crime cartel. Working with the Kinahan Cartel Thompson launched himself as a drugs dealer in Dublin. When another deadly feud broke out in 2016 - between the powerful Kinahans and veteran Dublin criminal,Gerry'The Monk'Hutch - Thompson was ready to get his hands dirty. But Thompson's loyalty would be his undoing. In August 2018 he was convicted of murder and jailed.Fat Freddie is a gripping account of the rise and fall of Freddie Thompson. Award-winning crime journalist,Stephen Breen,co-author of the No 1 bestselling The Cartel,has written the definitive portrait of a notorious Dublin gangster,a shocking story of double-crossing,vengeance and murder.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241986660Number of pages: 368Weight: 268 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 mm
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