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FAQ: 11 MINUTES - The Great Bookie Robbery Novel by Gregory M. Carroll
TL;DR
Readers gain insider knowledge of real underworld tactics from a family member's perspective, offering unique insights into criminal strategies and survival.
Gregory M. Carroll structures his novel in five parts detailing the 11-minute heist, crew development, aftermath, and final reckoning using personal memories and court records.
This novel provides a human perspective on crime's devastating impact, showing how greed and betrayal ultimately destroyed everyone involved in the original robbery.
Discover the untold family story behind Australia's infamous 1976 Great Bookie Robbery from the brother of an actual underworld figure involved in the events.
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It's an Australian noir heist novel inspired by the 1976 Great Bookie Robbery, following a crew of masked gunmen who stormed Melbourne's Victoria Club and vanished with a fortune, with no convictions and all involved dead within a decade.
Author Gregory M. Carroll is the younger brother of Ian "Fingers" Carroll, one of the real figures involved, giving him firsthand knowledge of the stories and growing up immersed in Melbourne's violent underworld.
The real robbery took place on April 21, 1976, when masked gunmen stormed Melbourne's Victoria Club and stole a fortune in just 11 minutes.
Carroll drew from personal memory, court records, underworld histories, and the brutal Waterfront Organized Crime War that left dozens dead.
The novel releases globally on December 1, 2025, and is available for pre-order through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Booktopia, and Dymocks.
The novel uses a five-part structure that reconstructs the 11-minute heist, the crew's rise through Melbourne's violent docklands, the aftermath involving corrupt police and underworld rivals, and the final reckoning where greed and betrayal left no survivors.
Gregory M. Carroll is the younger brother of Ian "Fingers" Carroll, who was his best man and whose body he had to identify; Carroll grew up immersed in the same underworld world as the men in his story.
It appeals to fans of true crime, historical crime fiction, and Australian noir, offering a rare first-hand family perspective on Melbourne's 1976 crime landscape.
You can click the link for more on The Great Bookie Robbery or visit the author's website at gregorymcarroll.com/about.
No one was ever convicted for the robbery, the money was never recovered, and within a decade, every man involved in the heist was dead.
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