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)

Story of Raymond Edmunds, a convicted rapist and double murderer who was active in Victoria, Australia from the 1960s to the mid-1980s. Edmunds was dubbed "Mr Stinky" by a newspaper editor due to his offensive body odour which was believed to have been caused by a mixture of milk, manure and chemicals from his work as a share-cropping farmer on dairy properties. Edmunds was convicted of the 1966 double murder and rape of an 18-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl. The man was shot through the head and the girl was raped and then bludgeoned to death.

Cuckoo: a true story of murder and its detection

Andrew Rule

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

Hits and Memories (Chopper)

How to Shoot Friends and Influence People (Chopper)

Cuckoo: a true story of murder and its detection