Lilian Pizzichini
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Dead Men's Wages: The Secrets of a London Conman & His Family
Lilian Pizzichini
Part biography, part literary memoir, Dead Men’s Wages is, like Lorna Sage’s Bad Blood. “Scratch the surface of any family and you will find stories of intrigue, abuse and illegitimacy. It is just that, because of the nature of my grandfather’s business, our secrets are more sinister”.
Lilian Pizzichini’s grandfather was a conman who worked with some of London’s most notorious gangsters. Within the pages of this haunting and revealing account of his life, she re-creates, in vivid detail and with remarkable detachment, the world of criminals and…
