The Choice: The Gayton McKenzie Story

McKenzie, Gayton ;Cilliers, Charles

ISBN 10: 0620368160 / ISBN 13: 9780620368162

Published by X-Concepts Books, 2006

About this Item

Signed by Author(s)the wraps are edge worn and shelf rubbed. creasing. marked. Signed and Inscribed by the author. the front end page is missing. tightly bound. [P.K.][RF22]. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

Seller Inventory # 43eu

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Choice: The Gayton McKenzie Story
• Publisher: X-Concepts Books
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0620368160
• ISBN 13: 9780620368162
• Binding: Soft cover
• Illustrator: Kobus Faber; Papi Moye
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 1 ounce
• Signed: signed
• Seller catalogs:
  • Other

About this title

Synopsis

This is the true story about a man who led one of the biggest prison exposes in the world. A group of prisoners risked their lives to catch wardens on film supplying drugs and alcohol, pimping young inmates to older prisoners, and even giving prisoners a loaded pistol to use in an escape. The man behind the expose, however, a hardened prison gangster, was possibly the least likely to have ever wanted to do it. He ruled prison, and knows its secret anatomy. Though he is well known for his inspirational talks, his complete story and the shocking facts of prison life, are told in this title for the first time. The narrative opens with his childhood as a coloured boy in Heidedal, outside Bloemfontein. Gayton excelled at school and was a promising athlete. He was, however, seduced by gangster life, but not before heartfelt participation in struggle activities, which ultimately disappointed him and led him to choose crime as a career. He was a very successful criminal and made millions robbing banks, illegal casinos, filling stations and more. For five years his lucky streak as a criminal continued and though he was arrested and charged sixteen times, he was not sentenced. Finally, when