Standover man. Armed robber. Sly-grog and drug dealer. Murderer. Touch the Black brings the secret world of Squizzy Taylor to life - from the back streets of Richmond to the Fitzroy Vendetta and the deadly shoot-out with Snowy Cutmore. In razor-sharp prose touch with poetry Chris Grierson recreates 1920s Melbourne and the events that marked the rise and fall of one of Australia's most notorious gangsters.