Hellbent: Ces Waters & Me

The Waters family amazed and inspired their neighbour Margaret Wentworth. She&apos;d never met a man with bigger dreams than Ces, the charismatic father, nor one from such unpromising beginnings.<br /> <br />He&apos;d bashed, thieved and pimped in Manchester slums, did time and migrated to Australia. There he planned an assault on some of the world of sport&apos;s most glittering prizes. Sons Dean, Guy and Troy rose to dizzying heights. Troy came close to a world title in a San Diego boxing ring. On results, Ces Waters ranks among Australia&apos;s greatest trainers and motivators.<br /> <br />They saved doomed dogs, made winning horses out of old nags, ate no meat, drank no alcohol, never swore and focused single-mindedly on reaching the top.<br /> <br />She co-produced a documentary, &apos;Rebels with a Cause&apos;, about him, and began a biography, the basis for this book.<br /> <br />But when Ces&apos; rival was murdered, Margaret realise the man she was writing about was a lie. To silence her, Ces threatened the biographer&apos;s life. She was trapped. His laughter, jokes, yarns and &apos;honesty&apos; hid his sick obsessiveness and psychopathic ruthlessness. This manipulator operated at a level your office control freak only dreams of.<br /> <br />&apos;Hellbent&apos; is a radical biography which shows how Ces used truth and lies to gain the author&apos;s trust and cloud her eyes, and how she began to see again.<br /> <br />Why was Ces Waters compared to Charles Manson in court?<br />Why did he threaten his biographer&apos;s life?<br />How did his three sons rise so high in boxing?<br />Why was Allen Hall shot dead one night?<br />Why was Dean Waters acquitted?<br />Was Ces Waters a pimp?<br />Was the Waters clan&apos;s clean living a total fraud?<br />How did Ces Waters exercise the steely control he did?