他们在20世纪60年代统治着伦敦的街道。半个世纪后，罗尼和雷吉·克雷（Reggie Kray）作为暴力和谋杀的始终不渝的传播者，比以往任何时候都更为着迷。
在大银幕上被描绘成魅力四射的黑帮，这对双胞胎、他们的公司和他们30多年的牢狱生活，是一部一年比一年坚定而刻意地美化的故事。然而，直到最近，这对双胞胎的赤裸裸、毫无掩饰的真相才开始浮出水面。这对双胞胎被狡猾地隐藏在慈善行为和对东区忠诚的外表之下。
畅销书作家杰基·海姆斯（Jacky Hyams）仔细地重新审视了其中的一些故事、谎言和神话，揭示了这对双胞胎和他们最亲近的人截然不同的形象。她揭示了他们关系的复杂性和最紧密的联系，并反驳了警方的观点，即罗尼·克雷毫无意义地谋杀了“他们自己的人”。
据说罗尼·克雷（Ronnie Kray）将他和他的双胞胎描述为“邪恶、优雅的混蛋”。这是他们中的任何一个人所说的为数不多的真理之一。
Vicious, Elegant Bastards: The Truth Behind the Legend of the Krays
They ruled the streets of London in the 1960s. Half a century later, Ronnie and Reggie Kray, unrepentant purveyors of violence and murder, hold more fascination than ever before.
Portrayed as charismatic gangsters on the big screen, the saga of the twins, their firm and their thirty-odd years behind bars is one that is determinedly and deliberately embellished with every passing year. Yet it is only recently that the stark, unvarnished truth about the twins has started to emerge after being so cunningly concealed behind the façade of charitable deeds and East End loyalties.
Bestselling author Jacky Hyams has carefully re-examined some of the stories, the lies and the myths to reveal a very different portrait of the twins and those closest to them. She reveals the complexity of their relationships and their closest bonds, and contests the police’s belief that Ronnie Kray senselessly murdered ‘one of their own’.
Ronnie Kray is said to have described he and his twin as ‘vicious, elegant bastards’. It is one of the few truths ever uttered by either of them.
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