Staunch: Inside New Zealand's Gangs by Bill Payne.

Staunch: Inside New Zealand's Gangs by Bill Payne.

Publisher: Reed, NZ, 1997.

Very good softback, some shelf-wear and minor creasing to covers and page corners, no inscriptions, minor marks.
156 pages, illustrated. 

New Zealand gangs, including Black Power, the Mongrel Mob, Nomads, Skinheads, and King Cobras. About the author: In the mid-1980's Payne was serving a four-year prison sentence for importing drugs. An addict, he had already served two previous jail terms. This time the shock of a lengthy sentence caused him to take stock of his life. He wrote Staunch after leaving prison. He used his contacts, a sort of criminal old-boys network, to get in touch with gang leaders and members. He and photographer Peter Quinn toured the country talking to and photographing gangs ranging from skinheads to Mongrel Mob, Black Power and bikers. He died in 2005. 

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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