num_pages: 250
description: Ronnie Biggs was one of the most celebrated criminals of the 1960s and 1970s. Jailed for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963, he escaped and went on the run. Eventually the Daily Express tracked him down to Rio De Janeiro and cooked up a cosy, if highly irregular, conspiracy between Scotland Yard and the newspaper to bring him to justice. But the hunt for Biggs soon embroiled every circulation-hungry rival newspaper.And where Fleet Street led, the world's news media followed. It was The Story of the Century. Scotland Yard was outwitted from bungled beginning to embarrassed end. And The Express was mercilessly mauled by its opponents. Justice was soon forgotten – and Biggs stayed out of jail for another 27 years. 'Slip-Up' is the amazing inside story of one of the greatest newspaper sagas of all time – a riveting story of greed, ambition and double-dealing among a tribe of high-powered hacks on the warpath.'A Billy Wilder-style comedy of muddle, mistrust, and misplaced zeal.' - The New York TimesNo journalist can afford to miss this cautionary tale.' - The Times'Marvellously funny and told with ease and wit... The best stories are sometimes the ones behind the news. There never was a more hilarious tale.' - Daily Mirror'I’d say it's the funniest book about Fleet Street since Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop.' - Phillip Knightley, U. K. Press Gazette'The characters are vividly and sympathetically presented.' - The Times Literary SupplementAnthony Delano worked for the Daily Mirror as Chief American Correspondent, Chief European Correspondent and Managing Editor Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent publisher of digital books.
language: English
title: Slip-Up: The Inside Story of the Wild International Hunt for the Last of the Great Train Robbers
titlecomplete: Slip-Up: The Inside Story of the Wild International Hunt for the Last of the Great Train Robbers
genres: True Crime, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co