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**THE EXPLOSIVE BESTSELLER, NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE GANGLAND TRIALOF THE CENTURY** On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch wasperceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law -and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive criminal godfather called the Monk: anenigmatic criminal mastermind and the hunted leader of one side in the deadliest gangland feud inIrish criminal history. The latest book from Ireland's leading crime writer Paul Williams reveals the inside story ofHutch's war with former allies the Kinahan cartel, and how the once untouchable crime boss became afugitive on the run from the law and the mob - until his capture in Spain led to extradition andthe gangland trial of the century. The Monk is an enthralling account of the rise and fall of a modern-day gangster, charting theviolent journey of an impoverished kid from the ghetto to the top tier of gangland - until it allwent wrong.

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Paul Williams is Ireland's leading crime writer and one of its most respected journalists. For overthree decades his courageous and ground-breaking investigative work has won him multiple awards. Heis the author of eleven previous bestselling books and has also researched, written and presented anumber of major TV crime series. His first book, The General, was adapted for the award-winningmovie of the same name by John Boorman. He is a former presenter on Newstalk Breakfast andcurrently writes for the Irish Independent. Williams holds an MA in Criminology and is a registeredmember of the International Consortium ofInvestigative Journalists based in Washington, DC.

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