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Mick Gatto Mick Gatto i(A127868 works by) (birth name: Dominic Gatto)
Born: Established: 1955 Melbourne, Victoria, ;
Gender: Male
Heritage: Italian
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Mick Gatto is a former heavyweight boxer and a veteran of Melbourne's underworld, surviving that city's gang wars during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s.

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y separately published work icon I, Mick Gatto Carlton : Melbourne University Publishing , 2009 Z1632618 2009 single work autobiography

Made into a household name Australia-wide by the hit television series Underbelly, in his autobiography, Mick Gatto finally reveals the man behind the headlines.

The son of two Calabrian immigrants, Mick tells of his inner-city upbringing and his professional heavyweight boxing career, to his apprenticeship with one of Australia's best safe-breakers. He takes us behind the gambling industry, to his fourteen months in jail awaiting trial for the murder of Andrew Veniamin.

Gatto's unique position-of knowing all the players in the Gangland Wars but not being involved in drug trafficking-gave him a remarkable perspective to watch the battles unfold.

With characteristic humour, Gatto provides an extraordinary insight into a colourful and mysterious world, with its own codes, loyalties and treacheries, that few of us even know exist.

(Source: Melbourne University Publishing website, Sighted 7/10/2009)
2010 nominated Ned Kelly Awards for Crime Writing Best True Crime
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