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Naked City

True Stories of Crimes, Cock-Ups, Crooks & Cops

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Naked City

By: John Silvester
Narrated by: Nick Atkinson
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John Silvester has been reporting on crime from the cop stations, courthouses, back alleys and gangster mansions of Melbourne for forty years. His contact book is a who's who of both sides of criminal justice and the shadowy worlds between. He is the trusted confidant of cops, criminals, lawyers and judges. He knows where the cash is stashed and where the bodies are buried.

Naked City is a collection of Silvester's best stories, from sophisticated heists to mindless acts of violence and deeds of pure evil - impeccably sourced, wry, wise and witty.

Travel the dark depths of Australia's criminal underworld with our most formidable crime reporter and an icon of Australian true crime.


SHORTLISTED FOR THE DANGER AWARDS NON FICTION 2024




©2023 John Silvester (P)2024 Macmillan Australia Audio Art & Literature Crime Journalists, Editors & Publishers Murder True Crime Witty

Critic Reviews

'Sometimes I feel I am at war with Silvester, that I am a soldier in the trenches with my bayonet fixed.' Convicted murderer, Judy Moran

'Dear John, may the Yuletide log fall from your fireplace and burn your house down.' Standover man, Mark Brandon 'Chopper' Read
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You have done it again Sly bloody awesome job. Great stories about some great subjects.

Great stories

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Sly's very fine writing is overshadowed by the narrator's poor pronunciation of names, towns and just... words. Are you actually Australian, mate? Even a toff in "Breighton"[sic] doesn't sound out names like Johnstone! Sly is a cultured knockabout!

Terrible pronunciation

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waste of money it's just same stuff already listen to on john pod cast. andrew rule book so much more interesting

pod cast repeats

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