A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun: The Autobiography of a Career Criminal - Softcover

Smith, Noel 'Razor'

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141015799 ISBN 13: 9780141015798

Publisher: Penguin, 2005

Synopsis

A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun is the autobiography of convicted felon Noel 'Razor' Smith. An extraordinarily vivid account of how a tearaway kid from South London became a career criminal, it is both a searing indictment of a system that determinedly brutalized young offenders and a frank, unsentimental acknowledgement of the thrills of the criminal life. Shocking, fascinating and frightening by turns, it also reveals Razor Smith to be a remarkably talented writer.

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About the Author

Noel 'Razor' Smith was born in London in 1960. He has 58 criminal convictions and has spent the greater portion of his adult life in prison. Whilst in prison he taught himself to read and write, gained an Honours Diploma from The London School of Journalism and an A-Level in Law. He has been awarded a number of Koestler awards for his writing and has contributed articles to the Independent, the Guardian, Punch, the Big Issue, the New Statesman and the New Law Journal. He is currently serving a life-sentence for armed robbery. A Few Kind Words and a Loaded Gun is his first book.

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0141015799
• ISBN 13: 9780141015798
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 512