{"product_id":"fat-freddie","title":"Fat Freddie","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe No 1 Bestseller\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''A fascinating read'' Seán O''Rourke, RTÉ Radio One\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Fat'' Freddie Thompson first appeared in court in 1997. He was sixteen and already aspiring to be a major crime boss. Over the next twenty years his criminal career would be marked by mayhem, brutality and murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2000 a row over a failed drugs deal ignited a murderous feud in Dublin''s south inner city. The Crumlin-Drimnagh feud''s first victim was a friend of Thompson''s and he led his Crumlin crew in a series of tit-for-tat killings. Sixteen young men would lose their lives over the next fifteen years.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, childhood friend, Daniel Kinahan, had become a senior figure in his father Christy Kinahan''s international crime cartel. Working with the Kinahan Cartel Thompson launched himself as a drugs dealer in Dublin. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen another deadly feud broke out in 2016 - between the powerful Kinahans and veteran Dublin criminal, Gerry ''The Monk '' Hutch - Thompson was ready to get his hands dirty. But Thompson''s loyalty would be his undoing. In August 2018 he was convicted of murder and jailed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFat Freddie \u003c\/i\u003eis a gripping account of the rise and fall of Freddie Thompson. Award-winning crime journalist, Stephen Breen, co-author of the No 1 bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Cartel\u003c\/i\u003e, has written the definitive portrait of a notorious Dublin gangster, a shocking story of double-crossing, vengeance and murder.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319286571390,"sku":"NW9780241986660","price":11.08,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241986660.jpg?v=1778727410","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/fat-freddie","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}