‘Heavy Duty People’ by Iain Parke & Martin Robinson was a fab read for me. A fiction story about a Motorcycle club (MC) set in the U.K. as soon as I saw my invite to the tour and read the synopsis I was there, wanting to read this fascinating book.
I must say as someone who has watched every season of Sons Of Anarchy and even some of the spin-off. I had a bit of a clue how this book would be. The obvious differences are there, the TV programme is in America this is here not even too far from me being a Northwestern lass. Saying that I really could picture these people in my head.
Heavy Duty People is about an MC and its members. The author clearly knows his stuff as we meet Damage, who gives us the lowdown on how the members get from being a Striker to becoming a full patch.
The fact that loyalty to your club is numero uno before anything or anyone else in your life. This shows you the inner workings of an MC in the UK especially when it has been made an offer to patch over to join the Brethrens MC, and it would be downright stupid to refuse (seeing as it’s not really a choice). The fallout from this shows the more serious and darker sides to MC’s.
It makes for a seriously addictive read and one I could see on the TV as a British series! Damage is a character that even when he begins to cross the lines you can’t help but be behind him still!
Such a well-written book, told in a way that immerses you in the MC and the members. Although there is a dark side to this book it is balanced out with some humour, which I appreciated and could really see that would be the way of the club.
I was even more interested in this book because my father in law had a Harley and he was in some sort of MC in Holland. Nothing like this one and I don’t see my father in law at one like this either.
A series I will be keeping up with as time goes on, interesting and addictive for me.
Thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources and Bad-Press.co.uk for the copy of Heavy Duty People.
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