Mark Brandon Read is the son of a strict Seventh Day Adventist mother and a war stressed soldier who slept with a loaded gun at his side. Bullied at school, he grew up dreaming of revenge, determined to be the toughest in any company. He became a crime commando who terrorised drug dealers, pimps, thieves and armed robbers on the streets and in jail - but boasts he never hurt an innocent member of the public. From streetfighter to standover man, gunman to underworld executioner, he has been earmarked for death a dozen times but has lived to tell the tale. This is it.

Chopper, from the inside: The confessions of Mark Brandon Read

Mark Brandon Read

Biographies & Memoirs

Floradale Press

Underworld executioner Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read was released from Pentridge Prison in November, 1991, vowing never to return. He became a bizarre celebrity as his autobiography "Chopper From the Inside" became a bestseller. Six months later he was back in jail writing his second volume of memoirs. This is it.

Hits and Memories (Chopper)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

A loner since his strict Seventh Day Adventist childhood, Mark Brandon Read grew into a streetfighter, standover man, gunman and underworld executioner. Although feared throughout the Australian crime world, Read admits to being a criminal "failure" because he has spent most of his adult life in jail. But he has become a notorious celebrity as his crime memoirs have topped bestseller lists. Now self-styled "writer in residence" at Tasmania's Risdon Prison, he has completed his third volume of memoirs. This is it.

How to Shoot Friends and Influence People (Chopper)

'Chopper' Read wrote this book while in prison for shooting a former friend in the stomach in 1992. Read launched a 5 year battle to get his prison status changed from 'dangerous' offender to a lesser degree so that he could eventually be released. In 1997 his status was changed and he was eligible for parole, BUT unbelievably, he stayed in prison for several more months so that he could emerge from prison as a totally free man with no parole conditions!

Chopper 7: The Singing Defective

True Crime

Floradale Productions and Sly

Chopper 10 1/2: The Popcorn Gangster

The Adventures of Rumsley Rumsfelt

Gary Allen

The TRUE story of the Aussie criminal who buried bodies, guns, money and the truth! The story of hitmen, bikie wars, & drug syndicates. 'Chopper' Read said this was his last book - but he has written 3 more since then!

Chopper 9: The Final Cut

Floradale and Sly Ink

One Thing Led to Another

Meet Mark 'Chopper' Read. You think you know him. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies in Australia. He's been the subject of an internationally successful film. His one-man shows have toured Australia to sell-out crowds. He's the most recognisable criminal brand name in Australia. But the truth is, you don't know him at all. The real Chopper has been an enigma - until now, that is. This is the definitive Chopper story. From his strange, tortured childhood to the formative years as a young gang member and developing criminal, to his decades in and out of prison in Victoria and Tasmania, to his friends and enemies, and his crimes and punishments, this book gives us the true stories that lie behind the Chopper myths, as well as the stories he's never revealed before.

Macmillan

Chopper 8: A Bullet in the Head is Worth Two in the Chamber

John Blake

Hooky the Cripple: The Grim Tale of a Hunchback Who Triumphs

Pluto Press Australia

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