Book description
With a frightening capacity for extreme violence, Tyneside
protection hardman Viv Graham struck fear into the hearts of his
enemies, yet his benevolence to local charities and schemes to keep
kids away from drugs and crime was well known. A legend in his own
lifetime, he was the ultimate maverick troubleshooter whose size and
ability to fight enabled him to live just as he wishes, never
forgetting the deprived community he came from, who in times of need,
considered him the fourth emergency service. Teeside drugs enforcer
Lee Duffy had half his foot shot off in an assassination attempt and
his skull beaten with a crowbar, yet his streetwise instinct remained
unmatched. Proud to be known as Viv's arch enemy, Lee was feared and
respected in equal measure and wanted to get out of the game for the
sake of his family, but was so deeply involved that there was only one
way he would ever leave...With unprecedented access to friends, family
members and associates, Stephen Richards dispels many of the myths
surrounding these legendary figures to create the ultimate biography
of Britain's deadliest rivals.
