REVIEW

UNDERBELLY 9 - Andrew Rule and John Silvester

Reviewed By
Karen Chisholm

The UNDERBELLY series is a set of shortish books written by journalists Silvester and Rule covering various events in the criminal underworld of Victoria in particular.

Underbelly 9 covers the shooting of Andrew Veniamin by Mick Gatto, and Gatto's subsequent trial and acquittal, the case of a serial stalker, abalone poachers, the death of a woman and her daughter at the hands of her husband and a number of other stories.

All of these stories are told with Silvester and Rule's classic irreverant, tell it as we see it style.

BOOK DETAILS
BOOK INFORMATION
ISBN
0975231871
Year of Publication
Series
Book Number (in series)
9
BLURB

Andrew Veniamin was a short man with a short fuse. A gunman with four scalps, he dropped in for a late lunch with his one-time idol, former heavyweight Mick Gatto, and bit off more than he could chew. The pair went into a corridor at the back of the restaurant but only Gatto walked out. Veniamin had been shot dead at point-blank range. A jury agreed it was self defence. Friends fall out. One ends up dead. Life goes on - for some. This is Australia's underbelly.

Review UNDERBELLY 9 - Andrew Rule and John Silvester
Karen Chisholm
Tuesday, October 2, 2007

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