Last King of the Cross is the sensational bestselling memoir that lays bare Australia's most notorious underworld figure.

In the mongrel tongue of the streets, John Ibrahim writes of fleeing war-torn Tripoli and growing up in Sydney's wild west - before establishing himself as a nightclub boss on the Golden Mile.

Bullets fly, blades flash, bodies fall. In a city of shadows, John builds an army and an empire, partying like a playboy while staying one step ahead of outlaw gangs and hungry triggermen plotting to take him and his family down.

Crazier than Goodfellas, more compelling than The Godfather, Last King of the Cross is a crime saga like no other and powerful proof that truth is always stranger than fiction.