THE EXPLOSIVE BESTSELLER, NOW UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE GANGLAND TRIALOF THE CENTURY

On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch wasperceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law -and won. To the rest of the world he was an elusive criminal godfather called the Monk: anenigmatic criminal mastermind and the hunted leader of one side in the deadliest gangland feud inIrish criminal history.

The latest book from Ireland's leading crime writer Paul Williams reveals the inside story ofHutch's war with former allies the Kinahan cartel, and how the once untouchable crime boss became afugitive on the run from the law and the mob - until his capture in Spain led to extradition andthe gangland trial of the century.

The Monk is an enthralling account of the rise and fall of a modern-day gangster, charting theviolent journey of an impoverished kid from the ghetto to the top tier of gangland - until it allwent wrong.