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Mark Brandon Read Mark Brandon Read i(A15745 works by) (a.k.a. 'Chopper')
Born: Established: 17 Nov 1954 Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 9 Oct 2013 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 2 y separately published work icon Road to Nowhere Mark Brandon Read , Simone Ubaldi , Sydney : Pan Macmillan Australia , 2011 Z1818175 2011 single work autobiography

'"This book is about my journey through the Australian prison system. You'll have heard a few of these stories before, but not like this. It's a step-by-step history of my twenty three years behind bars; what day to day life was really like in jail, what I did to survive and why I'll never go back. It's not a nice story. I was not a nice prisoner..."

'Mark "Chopper" Read is over fifty years old and has spent almost half that time in prison. He is a man who knows the Australian prison system better than any other. He knows how the definitive school of hard knocks turns juvenile delinquents into hardened criminals. How it feels to be thrust into a world of violent psychopaths and be changed, irrevocably, into the worst of their number.

'He also knows how it feels to get stabbed (a massive punch with a cold pin in the middle). How it feels to lose your ears to a prison-issue razor blade (a gurgling sound like a little brook). How it feels to fight, maim and mutilate to stay alive. And what it means when that way of life no longer makes sense.

'This book is Chopper's redemption. It is the real story of the man, the criminal and the prisoner, told with black humour and surprising insight.' (From the publisher's website.)

1 Judy, Judy, Judy i "Judy, Judy, Judy why do we all love you so much", Mark Brandon Read , 2011 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 10 March 2011; (p. 7)
1 1 y separately published work icon Chopper 11 : Last Man Standing Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Floradale Productions and Sly Ink , 2007 6406467 2007 single work autobiography crime

The Chopper series continues to be a best selling phenomenon in the Australian true crime genre. With Chopper 11: Last Man Standing, Mark Brandon Read takes you on another roller coaster ride with his unique brand of criminal thought, intent and action through recollections on his amazing life. Laced with black humour, and a wisdom born from gritty experience, Chopper Read again raises the standing of the true crime genre.' (Publisher's blurb)

1 y separately published work icon Chopper's Wisdom Mark Brandon Read , London : John Blake , 2005 Z1358757 2005 selected work prose
1 y separately published work icon No Turning Back Mark Brandon Read , Kilmore : Floradale Productions , 2004 Z1356623 2004 selected work novel autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon The Blowtorch Trilogy Mark Brandon Read , Kilmore : Floradale Productions , 2004 Z1356619 2004 selected work novel autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon The Adventures of Rumsley Rumsfelt : An Adults-Only Fairytale Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Mark Brandon Read Suzanne Soul , 2003 Z1358345 2003 single work novella humour
1 13 y separately published work icon Hooky the Cripple : The Grim Tale of a Hunchback Who Triumphs Mark Brandon Read , Adam Cullen (illustrator), Annandale : Pluto Press , 2002 Z963701 2002 single work picture book fable horror children's

Violent fairytale set in 16th century Italy. Hooky the cripple was constantly beaten as a child by Manuello the butcher. But when he fights back against his tormentor, he must face the consequences.

(Source: Booktopia)

1 y separately published work icon Chopper 10 1/2 : The Popcorn Gangster Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Floradale Productions Sly Ink , 2001 Z1356627 2001 single work autobiography crime
1 Chopper : The Screenplay : Foreword Mark Brandon Read , 2001 single work biography
— Appears in: Chopper 2001;
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 9 : The Final Cut Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Floradale Productions and Sly Ink , 2000 Z967916 2000 single work autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 8 : The Sicilian Defence Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Floradale Productions and Sly Ink , 1998 Z967909 1998 single work autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 7 : The Singing Defective Mark Brandon Read , Smithfield : Floradale Productions and Sly Ink , 1997 Z380878 1997 single work autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 6 : No Tears for a Tough Guy Mark Brandon Read , Melbourne : Sly Ink Floradale Productions , 1996 6078742 1996 single work autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 5 : Pulp Faction : Revenge of the Rabbit Kisser and Other Jailhouse Stories Mark Brandon Read , Melbourne : Floradale Productions , 1995 Z380670 1995 selected work short story autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 4 : For the Term of His Unnatural Life Andrew Rule (editor), John Silvester (editor), Mark Brandon Read , Melbourne : Floradale Productions , 1994 Z380568 1994 single work autobiography crime
1 y separately published work icon Chopper 3 : How to Shoot Friends and Influence People John Silvester (editor), Andrew Rule (editor), Mark Brandon Read , Kilmore : Floradale Productions , 1993 Z380469 1993 single work autobiography crime
1 1 y separately published work icon Chopper 2 : Hits and Memories : More Confessions of Mark Brandon Read John Silvester (editor), Andrew Rule (editor), Mark Brandon Read , Kilmore : Floradale Productions , 1992 Z380368 1992 single work autobiography crime
2 Chopper Mark Brandon Read , 1991- 1991- series - author (taught in 1 units)
3 7 y separately published work icon Chopper : From the Inside : The Confessions of Mark Brandon Read Andrew Rule (editor), John Silvester (editor), Mark Brandon Read , Kilmore : Floradale Productions , 1991 Z380268 1991 single work autobiography crime (taught in 1 units)
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