Nasty Business

by Peter Paradis

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• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0006391583
• ISBN13: 9780006391586
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: HarperCollins Canada, Limited
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A good book

Peter Paradis the author of this book at the writing of this book was about 35 years of age and spent half his life dealing drugs. At the age of 18 and from a broken home he decides to go with a friend and try living on his own in the process he finds himself hanging out in pool hall where he comes upon the idea to start dealing after seeing other drug dealer setup shop there. As he prospers in the drug trade he hooks up with some guys that lead him to a motorcycle club called the rock machine they being one of the gangs in montreal It seems kind of ironic that they are called a motorcyle club because for most of the book he explains that being a member of the Rock Machine did not mean that you even had to have a harley as in most motorcycle gangs, also unlike most that are also leather clad the rock machine members had sweaters with their colors and insignia. The goes from a hangaround to full patch to the point that was really running alot of the gang activity in montreal. It covers alot of the war that was and is going on between the Hells Angels and their associates and the Rock Machine and their associates over the drug trade. The war as described by the author has claimed alot of lives on both sides and by means that they have held nothing back even planning to use some bazookas. I f you followed the news years back occasionally it would be on national news even though it was in Canada. But as years go and body count rises and along with the stress and the fact he even gets shot 4 times on a attempted hit on his life things begin to change for the author especially in his time of need althoughs he was there for are not there in return when he is looking at a long prison stint. This leads to him becoming a informant which is interesting because his brother was still a full patch when he did so there was a brother on bothsides. He does goes on to explain how they develop a friendship with the Bandidos who eventually absorb them one of the attraction of course was the haterd of the hells angels. If you red for example Under & Alone then you will probably like this book if you can find it is definitely a fast and interesting read.