Book review of ” Cocky - The rise and fall of Curtis Warren - Britains biggest drug barron ” by Tony Barnes, Richard Elias and Peter Walsh.
Overview
…Where to begin with this book.
This is not so much a ’story’ or ‘book’ but more of an outlook of the drug scene wrote by police and customs offerices, specifically noting detail about Curtis Warren from Liverpool.
The book starts of with the opening chapters setting the Scene… The history behind the City of liver pool, the crimincals, violenece and how liverpool came to be the way it is portrayed in the book.
Next section is the book detailing Curtis’ childhood, growing up and background information as to who he is, and his character. This section also details lots of Cocky’s mates and how the drug scene was evolving and changing in liverpool and how Cock got in there and established himself as a prime dealer / supplier.
The book covers failed court cases, and then Cocky takes a run over to Holland to manage his empire from there, where phone taps are admissable as evidence in court. This is where the UK and Dutch authorities accumilate the evidence to convict Cocky.
The final chapter / section is obviously just detailign the court proceedings, how the trial went and what happens.
Read duration
I read this one spaced over 2 months of daily 10 min toilet sessions, followed by a few 1 hour sessions when i had time.
My Thoughts:
I feel like this book makes Cock out to be a nice caring guy who was just trying to run a business. The way the book is written it makes me feel like the author(s) don’t have any kind of grudge against Cocky.
I thought the liverpool history stuff was a bit drawn out, but then again I did learn somthing new I suppose and it helped set the scene.
The story is a good onee, and how much of it is true no one will ever know apart from Cocky.
Everything in this book has to be taken with a pinch of salt as its obviously not a Howard Marks Autobiography, but an account of one’s actions wrote by those people who were tryign to get him charged with everything under the sun.
Rating:
8/10 - Good and worth a read but it be nice to read somthing Cocky has contributed to himself aswell.
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