BOOK REVIEW: Low-life or lovable larrikin?*

THE RISE AND FALL OF SQUIZZY TAYLOR: A Larrikin Crook by Hugh Anderson (Sydney: Pier 9 / Murdoch Books) Paperback: 288 pages ISBN: 9781743365052 RRP: $19.95   Reviewed by Michael E. Daniel   When I was growing up, older family members and friends would tell me tales about a charismatic Australian gangster who was constantly in the headlines in 1920s Melbourne, Leslie “Squizzy” Taylor. This was a time when criminal gangs roamed Melbourne’s streets, robbe…

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