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Frank W.Abagnale

Catch Me If You Can

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When this true-crime story first appeared in 1980, it made the New York Times bestseller list within weeks. Two decades later, it’s being rereleased in conjunction with a film version produced by DreamWorks. In the space of five years, Frank Abagnale passed $2.5 million in fraudulent checks in every state and 26 foreign countries. He did it by pioneering implausible and brazen scams, such as impersonating a Pan Am pilot (puddle jumping around the world in the cockpit, even taking over the controls). He also played the role of a pediatrician and faked his way into the position of temporary resident supervisor at a hospital in Georgia. Posing as a lawyer, he conned his way into a position in a state attorney general’s office, and he taught a semester of college-level sociology with a purloined degree from Columbia University.

The kicker is, he was actually a teenage high school dropout. Now an authority on counterfeiting and secure documents, Abagnale tells of his years of impersonations, swindles, and felonies with humor and the kind of confidence that enabled him to pull off his poseur performances. «Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues,» he writes. In fact, he did it all for his overactive libido-he needed money and status to woo the girls. He also loved a challenge and the ego boost that came with playing important men. What’s not disclosed in this highly engaging tale is that Abagnale was released from prison after five years on the condition that he help the government write fraud-prevention programs. So, if you’re planning to pick up some tips from this highly detailed manifesto on paperhanging, be warned: this master has already foiled you. -Lesley Reed

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«A book that captivates from first page to last.» — West Coast Review of Books

«Whatever the reader may think of his crimes, the reader will wind up chortling with and cheering along the criminal.» — Charlottesville Progress

«Zingingly told… richly detailed and winning as the devil.» — Kirkus Reviews — Review
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  • Peter Gazaryanцитирует4 года назад
    The former police chief of Houston once said of me: “Frank Abagnale could write a check on toilet paper, drawn on the Confederate States Treasury, sign it ‘U.R. Hooked’ and cash it at any bank in town, using a Hong Kong driver’s license for identification.”
  • Kanat Mussaцитирует5 лет назад
    What bothered me most was their lack of style. I learned early that class is universally admired. Almost any fault, sin or crime is considered more leniently if there’s a touch of class involved.
  • b1919123728цитирует7 лет назад
    Modesty is not one of my virtues. At the time, virtue was not one of my virtues.

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