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GANGSTERS

BY BRIAN J. ROBB

Pablo Escobar, while other sections provide details of the Chinese Triads and the Yakuza in Japan.

Available at Bookland, 45/1 Marine Drive, Colombo 6.

The romanticised American gangster has proved enduringly popular. Names like Al Capone still resonate. Explored are the histories of key figures, from gangs in the Old West, through to the1980s. Robb also examines gangsters around the world, including the infamous Kray twins in London, French crime kingpin Jacques Mesrine, the Mafia Dons of Sicily, and the rise of notorious Serbian and Albanian gangs. Infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly makes an appearance, as does Colombian drug lord

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