Sweet Agony

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When not inside, he travelled the world and was banned from pubs in his hometown of Wakefield, West Yorks, after his alcohol abuse caused chaos in the community.

Sweet Agony: This Novel Won an Arthur Koestler Literary Award

There was a lot of stuff I didn’t use in the first book because I felt it was too raw - but my publisher said I should use it for a second book.

Forgotten the title or the author of a book? Our BookSleuth is specially designed for you. Visit BookSleuth His mum once said in a documentary, Paul Sykes: At Large: “I never had any problems with him as a little boy, he was always a grand lad.

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Sharks will have a look at me and think ‘yeah’ but I know how to do them - you punch them right in the f*****g earhole and they swim off.” Death He is said to have been “respected” by the likes of Charles Bronson, dubbed Britain’s most violent prisoner, and ex boxer and bouncer Lee Duffy from South Bank, who was killed in a street stabbing. That’s because Bronson wrote in his book, Legends: “A notorious hard man from Yorkshire, a fighting man in every sense. Clips from the Paul Sykes: At Large documentary are often shared on social media and go viral, as new viewers join the legions who have lauded him as a cult hero. Read More Related ArticlesDespite believing his drinking was harmless, he went on to be banned from Wakefield city centre for his anti-social behaviour. Other careers Sykes added: “I like being drunk. I've never had any complaints about being drunk if I have been drunk. I still manage to keep my wits about me although I don't remember what I have done. But it runs in the family anyway.” And he also suggested the hydration was “necessary” for his kidney after he ruptured it playing football in 1966.

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Sykes was known for many things during his turbulent life - including being a professional heavyweight boxer, a prison hard nut, an author and an intimidating debt collector. He was handed his first pair of boxing gloves aged four by his dad who had spent 10 years in the army before ironically becoming a prison officer. I've belted a few people. In every case I was in the right and it were them that were taken the liberties and I did what John Wayne did, what any sane man would do, punch them right in the f*****g earhole.” The life of an infamous underworld debt collector who operated in Teesside is being adapted into a film. Jamie said he was approached by Sivell and Western Edge after the release of Unfinished Agony earlier in the year.

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And former Governor of Hull Prison, Philip Wheatley, described Sykes as a “short tempered” lag who assaulted staff “on a number of occasions”. And Sykes later claimed from prison: “What’s got me into trouble in the past is having my physique trained as a child but not my emotions.”