Heavy Duty People, Iain Parke
Heavy Duty People, Iain Parke
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Heavy Duty People

Author: Iain Parke, Martin Robertson

Narrator: Iain Parke

Unabridged: 6 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/19/2022


Synopsis

“…a fantastic anti-hero…positively Shakespearian in his moral complexity...If I could only recommend one book this year, it would be Heavy Duty People” – Vulpes Libris bookblogDamage’s club has had an offer it can’t refuse, to patch over to join The Brethren MC.But as the bikes rumble and roar across the wild Northern fells, what does this mean for Damage and his brothers? What choices will they have to make as they ride through the wind? What bloody oil stained history might it reawaken? And why are The Brethren making this offer?Loyalty to his club and his brothers has been Damage’s life and route to wealth, but what happens when business becomes serious and brother starts killing brother?From being in a gang to becoming a gangster, Heavy Duty People is the book that invented Biker Noir.Get Carter meets Sons of Anarchy in this gritty British crime thriller.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jola on March 01, 2014

Review also on: [URL not allowed] I don't usually read this kind of stories. It's fiction but feels like some biography. It was interesting to read about motorcycle gang and learning about their right of passage and hierarchy, structure. It was kind like a Sons of Anarchy novel......more

Goodreads review by Nathalie on November 11, 2011

I've just finished reading a totally different type of book that I'm used to reading. And I must say that I enjoyed it. This is a fiction-mystery genre book. When loyalty to his bike club and his brothers has been Damage's life and route to wealth, what happens when business becomes serious and brother......more

Goodreads review by Andy on November 21, 2012

Taking as its backdrop the life of a normal bloke in a fictitious back patch club based in the North East of England, Heavy Duty People is a natural successor to those New English Library books that provided the inspiration to many a British biker and possibly the perfect book for those who – like m......more

Goodreads review by Yelle on September 13, 2012

Heavy Duty Indeed You can tell from reading the first couple of pages this is a biker who knows his way around motorcycles and the clubs of the UK. He brings you into a world where loyalty is number one, give you a crash course on what you have to do to be accepted as a full-fledged member of The Leg......more

Goodreads review by Steve on February 10, 2013

This is a great read. I found I couldn't put it down and finished it under 24 hours. It gripped me. Written in the first person, outlaw biker gang member Martin "Damage" Robertson takes us into the fascinating and secretive world of the biker gangs. His story takes us from his early beginnings as a y......more