UNDERBELLY THE GANGLAND WAR - John Silvester

Nearly everyone has heard of the Underbelly tv series.  You've either watched it, or can't wait to see what  the fuss was about if you live in Victoria.  

 

Not everyone knows that the Underbelly tv series is based on the John Silvester and Andrew Rule book, Leadbelly.  (A reference to the whole thing being kicked off by Carl Williams being shot in the stomach by the Moran brothers).   

 

Underbelly: The Gangland wars is a revised and updated version of Leadbelly, released to tie in with with tv series.  One of the major differences between the books is Underbelly: The Gangland War features photos of the major players in the gangland war placed next the actors playing the characters - some of the resemblences are quite remarkable.

 

If you haven't read any of the numerous Underbelly books, they are a no-nonsense account of the doings of the underworld liberally laced with irreverent humour.    A must for anyone with even a passing interest in those events.