Shaun Attwood – författare

Set in a world where crime and government coexist, American Made is the jaw-dropping true story of CIA pilot Barry Seal that the Hollywood movie starring Tom Cruise was afraid to tell.Barry Seal flew cocaine and weapons worth billions of dollars into and out of America in the 1980s. After he became a government informant, Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel offered a million for him alive and half a million dead. But his real trouble began after he threatened to expose the dirty dealings of George HW Bush.

Shaun Attwood arrived in Phoenix, Arizona, a penniless business graduate from a small industrial town in England. Within a decade, he became a stock-market millionaire. But he was leading a double life.After taking his first Ecstasy pill at a rave in Manchester as a shy student, Shaun became intoxicated by the party lifestyle that would change his fortune. Years later, in the Arizona desert, Shaun became submerged in a criminal underworld, throwing parties for thousands of ravers and running an Ecstasy ring in competition with the Mafia mass murderer Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano.As greed and excess tore through his life, Shaun had eye-watering encounters with Mafia hit men and crystal-meth addicts, enjoyed extravagant debauchery with superstar DJs and glitter girls, and ingested enough drugs to kill a herd of elephants. This is his story.

Featuring an introduction from the UK''s bestselling true-crime author, Christopher Berry-Dee.

Shaun Attwood is the man who talks to gangsters, drug lords and mafia bosses. Infamously known for his time as the head of an international ecstasy ring in Arizona, Shaun has since turned to gaining the trust of some of the world''s most dangerous people, interviewing and questioning them about their stories.

Collated from the many hours of interview material, and containing additional content exclusive to the book, Shaun brings together ten powerful conversations with the most gruesome and deadly gangsters of recent years.

Filled with truthful, brutal, and often redemptive stories, Shaun''s interviews feature international smugglers, mafia enforcers and a man who escaped from Thailand''s most notorious prison. Sitdowns with Gangsters is an unputdownable read that offers a glimpse into the lives and inner workings of some of the world''s most fearsome gangsters.

Bosses. Criminals. Killers. Up close and personal with the world''s most dangerous women.

''Every page is punch in the mouth stuff that will have you reeling. A real masterclass from the guy who has been there and got many T-shirts. An absolute must-read!'' Christopher Berry-Dee, No.1 True Crime Author

''I was hooked... a must read for all fans of true crime'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review for Sitdowns with Gangsters''Every chapter should be made into a film'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Amazon reader review for Sitdowns with GangstersSerial killers. Assassins. Executioners. Shaun Attwood, former ecstasy kingpin turned author and podcast host, has met them all. Having gained a reputation for earning the trust of some of the world''s most dangerous people, Shaun delves into his most hard-hitting interviews with the most menacing and violent murderers he''s ever met. From serial killers to brutal prison gangs, Shaun has collected his most fascinating and incredible conversations with shocking criminal figures. He explores the life of an armed robber, a man who spent forty-five years behind bars and a serial killer with fifty-two confirmed victims.A pulsating and high-wire read, Shaun exposes the most haunting killers the world has ever seen.

After a SWAT team smashed down stock-market millionaire Shaun Attwood’s door, he found himself inside of Arizona’s deadliest jail and locked into a brutal struggle for survival.

Shaun’s hope of living the American Dream turned into a nightmare of violence and chaos, when he had a run-in with Sammy the Bull Gravano, an Italian Mafia mass murderer.

In jail, Shaun was forced to endure cockroaches crawling in his ears at night, dead rats in the food and the sound of skulls getting cracked against toilets. He meticulously documented the conditions and smuggled out his message.

Join Shaun on a harrowing voyage into the darkest recesses of human existence. 

Hard Time provides a revealing glimpse into the tragedy, brutality, dark comedy and eccentricity of prison life.

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