Book description
'Scratch the surface of any family and you will find stories of
intrigue, abuse and illegitimacy. It is just that, because of the nature
of my grandfather's business, our secrets are more sinister' Lilian
Pizzichini's grandfather was a conman who worked with some of London's
most notorious gangsters. Within the pages of this haunting and
revealing account of his life, she re-creates, in vivid detail and with
remarkable detachment, the world of criminals and corrupt policemen that
he dominated until his death in 1978. This is a book to set the mind
reeling with thoughts of cunning and intrigue, corruption, hardship and
secrecy. Above all, it conveys beautifully the glamour and seduction of
a London shrouded in mystery and this charismatic criminal who rose from
its war-torn ashes.
