Terry Marsh had found fame as the fighting fireman from Basildon. Frank Warren, Thatcherite entrepreneur, had won fortune as his manager. Together they celebrated winning the World Light-Welterweight Championship. But then things started to go wrong, culminating in a trial for attempted murder.
Part reportage, part investigation and part sociology, this book begins with the premise that the prison system does not really help reduce crime in Britain - that, in fact, it often makes hardened offenders out of often petty criminals. The author supports the alternative of probation schemes and in this book he looks at the experiences of a ...
Bringing together 21 original accounts by a range of contributors that includes authors, actors, politicians and representatives from the new wave of fanzines, this volume evokes the diverse players, teams and matches that have enriched their lives. They provide a compound of elation, humour, daydream and despair, and explain, in effect, why they ...
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: William Heinemann Ltd
Date Published: 01/09/1991
ISBN-13:9780434738762ISBN:043473876X
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