Hits and Memories: Chopper 2 (20 page)

About Mark 'Chopper' Read

Mark ‘Chopper’ Read is one of Australia’s most controversial public figures. He is an Australian ex-convict, author and celebrity. He is also a recording and performance artist.

The Editors

In early 1991, investigative journalist John Silvester interviewed Mark Brandon Read in Pentridge Prison’s top security H Division for a series of reports in the
Herald-Sun
. Over the next two years, Read wrote almost daily to Silvester from both inside and outside jail. These letters formed the basis of Read’s best-selling autobiography,
Chopper From The Inside
, and this sequel,
Hits and Memories.

Silvester has been a Melbourne-based crime reporter since 1978. In 1990, he worked for
The Sunday Times
Insight team in London. He is co-author of
Inside Victoria: A Chronicle of Scandal with
Bob Bottom.

Andrew Rule is a former chief police reporter for
The Age
, feature writer for
The Herald
and television documentary producer. He is currently the producer of Melbourne radio 3AW’s breakfast program. His previous works include
Cuckoo
, the factual account of the ‘Mr Stinky’ murder investigation. He co-edited Read’s first book.

The editors would like to thank criminologist Rick T. Bloke and psychologist J.H.C Smith for their guidance.

Also by Mark Brandon ‘Chopper’ Read

From the Inside: Chopper 1

How to Shoot Friends and Influence People: Chopper 3

For the Term of His Unnatural Life: Chopper 4

Pulp Faction: Chopper 5

No Tears for a Tough Guy: Chopper 6

The Singing Defective: Chopper 7

The Sicilian Defence: Chopper 8

The Final Cut: Chopper 9

The Popcorn Gangster: Chopper 10.5

Last Man Standing: Chopper 11

First published by Floradale Productions in 1992
This edition published in 2012 by Momentum
Pan Macmillan Australia Pty Ltd
1 Market Street, Sydney 2000

Copyright © Mark Read 1992
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Hits and Memories: Chopper 2

EPUB format: 9781743340011

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