Talk of Read in Collingwood has been rife since he returned four weeks ago, he says, and a trip up Smith Street to run errands takes hours. "I sign autographs every where I go. One bloke this morning has been driving around for weeks looking for me so he could get his books autographed," he says.
His tenth book is due for release in time for Christmas, his second book has just been released in Britain, he has a lucrative contract with a manufacturer of sunglasses and plans to join the guest speaker circuit next year.
By his own word, all the victims were violent criminals, pimps, drug dealers and other predatory scumbags, and the police have been at least somewhat sympathetic to him doing away with them. Though that's admittedly his side of the story.
Oh, that's alright then.
Remind me again why he's not still in jail. Haven't the victim's rights people got something to say about it?