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Glasgow gangster turned writer Jimmy Boyle: 'I would be dead now without books' | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian
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Sculptor and convicted murderer Jimmy Boyle with some of his work at an exhibition in Edinburgh Stock Photo - Alamy
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The bizarre story of the 'Craigmillar Gulliver': a long-lost giant sculpture designed by a murderer - Edinburgh Live
Lost Edinburgh - Gulliver, Niddrie (2006) Gulliver - a large concrete sculpture/play-structure created by Jimmy Boyle. It was built for the Craigmillar Festival Society in 1976 and demolished in 2011, when the
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The bizarre story of the 'Craigmillar Gulliver': a long-lost giant sculpture designed by a murderer - Edinburgh Live
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Glasgow gangster turned writer Jimmy Boyle: 'I would be dead now without books' | Autobiography and memoir | The Guardian
![Fraser MacDonald on Twitter: "Sad demise of 1976 concrete Gulliver sculpture in Craigmillar by gangster turned artist Jimmy Boyle: http://t.co/R3nFlfH2py via @suegyford" / Twitter Fraser MacDonald on Twitter: "Sad demise of 1976 concrete Gulliver sculpture in Craigmillar by gangster turned artist Jimmy Boyle: http://t.co/R3nFlfH2py via @suegyford" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BjmD5LkIcAEMp7U.jpg)
Fraser MacDonald on Twitter: "Sad demise of 1976 concrete Gulliver sculpture in Craigmillar by gangster turned artist Jimmy Boyle: http://t.co/R3nFlfH2py via @suegyford" / Twitter
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