Bruce the bookie
By: Lindsay Gaze and Grantley Bernard.
Contributors: Bernard, Grantley, 1963-
Publisher: Wilkinson Pub.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Melbourne
Language: eng
Number of pages: 182
ISBN-13: 9781921332630
Subjects: Johnstone, Bruce; Bookmakers (Gambling) -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Biography; Businessmen -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- Biography; Horse racing -- Betting -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.); Horse sports sponsorship -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.); Organized crime -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Genres: Biography
Description: "In an era before legalised gambling, Bruce Johnstone became Bruce the Bookie. For anyone in the know, including some of Melbourne's notoriously hardened underworld, Bruce was the man to see to lay some money on a good prospect." "He had no problem mixing with some of Melbourne's shadiest characters. It was easy. Everyone was a mate to Bruce. That was if they never crossed him."--Back cover.
Notes: "A real life story of gambling, sport and the underworld"--Cover.