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Lenny McLean was one of the deadliest bare-knuckle fighters Britain has ever seen. He had dear, powerful friends, but he also had terrible enemies. So much so that he has two bullet wounds in his back, and has been stabbed repeatedly—always from behind. Lenny, however, is also a warm, grizzly bear of a man, whose main weakness is an overwhelming desire to put the welfare of his mates ahead of his own well-being. In this autobiography he tells of how the mafia flew him to New York to take on their greatest bare-knuckle boxer in a multi-million pound illicit challenge bout. The Mafia's man lasted less than three minutes. When the IRA fronted up a London gang in a money-laundering scam, Lenny was brought in to intimidate the terrorists. The IRA, not surprisingly, backed off. Lenny's most serious trial came when he was accused of murder. Fighting to prove his innocence against a minimum sentence of 25 years, Lenny never gave up, and went on to be found not guilty. After deciding to retire from the violent life, Len turned his hand to acting, having parts in The Fifth Element and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
- Sales Rank: #671546 in Books
- Published on: 2003-01-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.60" h x .70" w x 5.10" l, .40 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 226 pages
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'He was a man amongst men. His life was extraordinary.' Vinnie Jones
About the Author
Anthony Thomas is a leading authority on Lenny McLean and became so fascinated with the man that he decided to set up his own Guv'nor website. Anthony used this as a starting point for the countless interviews he has since compiled for the book.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
An unsatisfying page-turner.
By Zendicant Pangolin
I suspect that like many readers I bought this because of Lenny Maclean's really compelling performance on the movie 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' in which he played what he was in real life, a minder. He made up a large part of what 'made' that movie for me.
As such, I was interested to read about his real life as a minder.
Other reviews here have told you the gist of the story and accurately stated that the book hold's one's attention from beginning to end (well, the first 2/3's anyway, after that it gets to be a bit of a drone). Overall, it is a readable book and pretty entertaining too, what with its slang-packed dialogue and pretty much non-stop action.
In truth, it's not much of an autobiography though. Mr. Maclean was too concerned with telling how "I bashed this guy and I bashed that guy and then I bashed another three guys" (or I did this dodge, and that scheme, another scheme) to engage in any meaningful self-reflection.
Don't laugh, Mr. Maclean tells the reader throughout that he is a thinking man's villain and not your run of the mill bone breaker, yet we get nothing more than a litany of fights, capers, crimes and prison stays.
I was curious to know more about his family life and friends. Based entirely on the book, Mr. Maclean had no intimate friends, his wife's family was non-existent, and he seemed to actually enjoy all aspects of fighting (hurting people and getting hurt). It would have been interesting to know why he didn't form friendships (did people fear he'd violently turn on them at the drop of a hat?), and his thoughts on why he was so compelled to violence (his excuse that he was put upon by his stepfather is a weak one).
I suppose it would have been painful to just come out and say about oneself that I am simply a criminal. It is far easier to attempt to justify one's criminality. I believe this is what Mr. Maclean has done. It's too bad, because what he does by doing this is create a world where Law and Order is always or almost always wrong/crooked and villains live in a self-created world of perfect justice if only they were left alone to do so.
This is wrong-headed, not to say self-serving and rather vicious, and it doesn't make me think very highly of Mr. Maclean. This, and the fact that he seems to gloss over certain stuff, such as his career ending fight with Cliff Field for instance, and even details of the first fight against Roy Shaw. It's the little stuff like that one feels is missing from the book to make it truly autobiographicl, know what I mean?
There is a book by a similar character, albeit Australian, called 'Chopper' by Mark Reade (actually, I guess he's written many books by now). I would suggest you read him. I think you'll find the lack of self-pity refreshing.
I'm sorry that Mr. Maclean died just at the point where he seemed to have matured out of what might best be described as an adolescent world view. It would have been interesting to see what became of him.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Not an autobiography
By Bart
I was looking forward to this read on the steamy side of the east end and the hard and gracious Guv'nor. The kindle version is just cobbled together and not a fluid read at all. I kept reading thinking I'd eventually get to the actual biographical part, sadly it never appeared. There are elements that must be drawn from the physical book but mostly it's the fond memories of family and friends and it reads like a fan club. I am sure the Guv'nor was worthy of all the praise but I thought I was buying a biography not a fan mail compilation. I only gave three stars because the man himself was not around. A real shame, I guess I will need to buy the actual book to see if that's what I had hoped for. To quote the man himself from LSATSB this book is an "expletive" liability.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Lenny Mclean was a hard bastard
By Paul Havard
Lenny Mclean was a hard bastard, he had a hard if not brutal upbringing in Hoxton - East End of London and emerged as the leading bare knuckle fighter of his time. He worked the doors of the great clubs in such as the Hippodrome and was available as hired muscle with no questions asked for London's top underground figures. In he life, he estimates he had 2 or 3000 fights and altercations. After narrowly escaping a murder charge, he turned to acting and played the heavy in Lock Stock and 2 smoking barrels. They don't bread them like this anymore.
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