Mick Gatto.
Gambler.
Underworld veteran.
Melbourne gangland survivor.
Made into a household name Australia-wide by the hit television series Underbelly, in his autobiography, Mick Gatto finally reveals the man behind the headlines.
The son of two Calabrian immigrants, Gatto tells of his inner-city upbringing and his professional heavyweight boxing career, to his apprenticeship with one of Australia's best safe-breakers. He takes us behind the gambling industry, to his fourteen months in jail awaiting trial for the murder of Andrew Veniamin.
Gatto's unique position of knowing all the players in the Gangland Wars but not being involved in drug trafficking gave him a remarkable perspective to watch the battles unfold.
Here is Gatto's story. It is an extraordinary insight into a colourful and mysterious world, with its own codes, loyalties and treacheries, that few of us even know exist.