Catch me if you can

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'I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches' Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Róbert Conrad, Frank Adams and Róbert Monjo, was one of the most daríng con men, forgers, impostors and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospitál, practised law without a licence, passed himself off as a college sociology professor and cashed over $2.5 millión in forged cheques, all before he was 21 years old. Known by the police of 26 foreign countries and all 50 US states as The Skywayman', Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the run - until the law finally caught up with him. Now recognised as Ameríca's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilaríous,... Tovább

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'I stole every nickel and blew it on fine threads, luxurious lodgings, fantastic foxes and other sensual goodies. I partied in every capital in Europe and basked on all the world's most famous beaches' Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Róbert Conrad, Frank Adams and Róbert Monjo, was one of the most daríng con men, forgers, impostors and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospitál, practised law without a licence, passed himself off as a college sociology professor and cashed over $2.5 millión in forged cheques, all before he was 21 years old. Known by the police of 26 foreign countries and all 50 US states as The Skywayman', Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the run - until the law finally caught up with him. Now recognised as Ameríca's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilaríous, stranger-than-fiction international escapes - including one from an aeroplane - make Catch Me if You Can an irresistible tale of deceit. Frank W. Abagnale is the founder of a secure-document corporation based in Washington DC. He lectures regularly worldwíde and lives ín the Midwest with his wife and three sons, 'Irresistible! . . . touches that current of larceny that lies within us all' Houston Chronicle 'Frank Abagnale [is] a maestro of the flim-flam trade . . . a criminal this good is hard to find' Entertainment Weekly '[A] racey and rollicking read' Chicago Sun-Times ISBN 1-84018-716-6 'A book that captivates from first page to last' West Coast Review of Books 9781840187168 Vissza