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  • Dead Man Running

  • An Insider's Story on One of the World's Most Feared Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs ... The Bandidos
  • Written by: Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab
  • Narrated by: Michael Carman
  • Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
  • 3.2 out of 5 stars (9 ratings)

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Dead Man Running

Written by: Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab
Narrated by: Michael Carman
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"We are the people our parents warned us about" is the motto of the Bandidos, one of the world's most feared outlaw motorcycle gangs. For ten years, Steve Utah was a Bandidos insider. He arranged the security of their clubhouses. He 'cooked' ecstasy and ice for them. He was at meetings where interstate and overseas drug and weapons smuggling was planned. He saw stolen military weapons being sold. He witnessed vicious beatings, helped dump corpses. He saw men executed in front of him. It all became too much and, in an attempt to regain control of his life, Utah resorted to the unthinkable: he rolled over to the Federal Police and told them all he knew about the Bandidos.

This shocking, unflinching, tragic story is Steve Utah's confession. He knows he is a dead man running - that inevitably the Bandido code will be honoured and he will be silenced. But not before Utah gets his chance to wake Australians to the looming threat in their midst - the relentless rise of sophisticated organised crime networks inside outlaw motorcycle gangs and the apparent inability of the Police and legal system to deal with it.

©2008 Ross Coulthart, Duncan McNab (P)2011 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Okay info, missrepresented book/story.

Narration felt monotonous, lots of lists, lots of jumping around the story made it hard to follow. Also the guy was never a "biker". Without too many spoilers, it was an okay look at the worst parts of a world/culture but was no expose' of life inside the life.

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Nothing is Steve‘s fault

While I am certain that this book contains some truth, it appears that the majority of it is a fairy tale. According to Steve, he is a decent person who wants to do the right thing, and he is never at fault. I felt the narrator did an excellent job, but the material he was reading was not at all compelling. I have read and listened to numerous novels in this genre, and I would say that this one is vying for the title of worst. If I were to speculate, I would say that 85 percent of this book is fiction. The author would deviate from the path and provide background information about other MCs. I wanted to stop listening after fifteen minutes, but I had to persevere in the hopes that it would improve.  While it did improve in places, it took till approximately chapter 9 or 10 to do so, and even the better parts were not that remarkable.  I definitely will not be listening to this book again .

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It’s an ok listen, but too much of nothing really.

It’s difficult to follow as it jumps around a lot. It also paints Steven Utah as somewhat of a good guy, which clearly he is not.

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