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'In Three Crooked Kings we read about the shocking true story of Queensland and how a society was shaped by almost half a century of corruption. In Jacks and Jokers, the story continues as Terry Lewis becomes police commissioner and the era of corruption at the highest levels of the police and government continues. As the Queensland police become more connected with their colleagues in Sydney, the rise of heavy drugs and crime escalates. Tony Murphy and Glen Hallahan, two of the original ‘crooked kings’, become more enmeshed with ‘The Joke’ which is run by bagman Jack Herbert.
'Jacks and Jokers introduces new characters, more extraordinary behaviour outside the law by the law, and along the way charts the meteoric rise of police commissioner Terry Lewis, documenting events up until the Fitzgerald Inquiry in the late 1980s.
'Once again, award-winning journalist and novelist Matthew Condon has drawn from unprecedented access to Terry Lewis, as well as hundreds of interviews with key players and conspirators to craft the definitive account of the rise – and spectacular fall – of one man, an entire state and over a generation of corruption.' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Sequel to Three Crooked Kings
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Dedication: For the gang – Katie, Finnigan, Bridie Rose and little Oliver George – with love.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Review : Jacks and Jokers
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , June 2014; (p. 62)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
Fact or Fiction, They Have the Write Stuff
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 November 2014; (p. 15) -
Pantomime of Democracy : A Saga of Venal Proportions
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 363 2014; (p. 17-18)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
How the Rats Made the Most of Life in the Sunshine State
Fascinating Expose of Queensland Skulduggery
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 March 2014; (p. 30-31) The Canberra Times , 29 March 2014; (p. 20) The Age , 29 March 2014; (p. 30)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
Pick of Books With Success Written All Over Them
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 December 2013; (p. 64-65)
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How the Rats Made the Most of Life in the Sunshine State
Fascinating Expose of Queensland Skulduggery
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 March 2014; (p. 30-31) The Canberra Times , 29 March 2014; (p. 20) The Age , 29 March 2014; (p. 30)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
Pantomime of Democracy : A Saga of Venal Proportions
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , August no. 363 2014; (p. 17-18)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
Review : Jacks and Jokers
2014
single work
review
— Appears in: Good Reading , June 2014; (p. 62)
— Review of Jacks and Jokers 2014 single work biography -
Pick of Books With Success Written All Over Them
2013
single work
review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 28 December 2013; (p. 64-65) -
Fact or Fiction, They Have the Write Stuff
2014
single work
column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 4 November 2014; (p. 15)
Awards
- Queensland,
- 1976-1990