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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)
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Launched by Simon Westaway at Grossi Florentino, Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria, 6 October 2009.
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- Sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Trauma and Grievance
2014
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criticism
— Appears in: The Bilingual Cockatoo : Writing Italian Australian Lives 2014; (p. 68-101) -
As Much as You Need to Know
2009
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column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 December 2009; (p. 10) -
Here's What Went Down
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Roberta Williams : My Life : The Untold Story of an Underworld Survivor 2009 single work autobiography ; I, Mick Gatto 2009 single work autobiography -
Tales of Good Guys in the Lead
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 November 2009; (p. 30-31) -
Snapshots of a Violent World
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of Roger Rogerson : The Dark Side 2009 single work autobiography ; I, Mick Gatto 2009 single work autobiography ; Roberta Williams : My Life : The Untold Story of an Underworld Survivor 2009 single work autobiography
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Snapshots of a Violent World
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 October - 1 November 2009; (p. 33)
— Review of Roger Rogerson : The Dark Side 2009 single work autobiography ; I, Mick Gatto 2009 single work autobiography ; Roberta Williams : My Life : The Untold Story of an Underworld Survivor 2009 single work autobiography -
Here's What Went Down
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 November 2009; (p. 31)
— Review of Roberta Williams : My Life : The Untold Story of an Underworld Survivor 2009 single work autobiography ; I, Mick Gatto 2009 single work autobiography -
Gatto Spills All to Beat Critics to Punch
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 7 October 2009; (p. 7) -
They Came to Praise Mick, Not Bury Him
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 October 2009; (p. 11) -
'Old-School-Style Crook' Brings His Memoir to Book
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Age , 7 October 2009; (p. 26) -
Tales of Good Guys in the Lead
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 November 2009; (p. 30-31) -
As Much as You Need to Know
2009
single work
column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 5 December 2009; (p. 10)
Awards
- Melbourne, Victoria,
- 1955-2009