A Gangster's Life (War and Addiction in the New Underworld)

Bestselling author Peter Edwards exposes Canada's evolving criminal underworld in this unflinching account of a gang member who rescued himself from certain death by turning his back on criminal life.

In this gripping tale of a modern-day outlaw, Peter Edwards meticulously recounts the story of a high-ranking member of the United Nations gang of British Columbia in the early 2000s.

       Edwards deftly weaves a tale of betrayal, grief and astounding resilience, in this gut-wrenching portrait from the inside of Canada’s criminal underworld. A Gangster’s Life brings alive the structure and international scope of modern gang life, and of ultimately finding a way out of it with this story of a man who didn’t believe he deserved another chance, but got one.

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