" 'The Firm' draws back the curtains on London's East End gangsters; the larger-than-life 'proper villains' who inspired recent blockbuster movies such as 'Lock, Stock and Two smoking Barrels' and 'Snatch.'
These photographs capture every facet of the life of the modern villain: from public appearances to mysterious 'disappearances'; from members-only bare-knuckle fights to the astonishingly huge popular appeal of a Kray family funeral." -the publisher.