Handsome Devil (Kindle Single)

Handsome Devil (Kindle Single)

For fans of â€œCatch Me if You Canâ€ and â€œThe Sting,â€ Handsome Devil is the dazzling true story of Count Victor Lustig, historyâ€™s most daring â€“ and flamboyant â€“ con man.

In Paris he sold the Eiffel Tower to scrap metal dealers, not once â€“ but twice. His confidence games and sleight-of-hand scams relieved the filthy rich of their cash during Americaâ€™s depraved Jazz era. He evaded the law like a figure from fiction, slipping into disguise, leaping from jail cell windows, and leaving sneering letters for his enemies at the Secret Service.

In Handsome Devil, acclaimed journalist Jeff Maysh brings to life one of the 20th centuryâ€™s most unforgettable public enemies, "Count" Victor Lustig, a dashing criminal mastermind and counterfeiter whose fake banknotes threatened to topple Americaâ€™s economy. Written in staggering detail and culminating in a desperate manhunt led by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover, Handsome Devil reveals the real man behind the myth: A genius who applied his talents to crime, and who kept a loving wife and daughter in the dark for most of his storied career. Set during Americaâ€™s original financial â€œbubble,â€ Lustigâ€™s tale, from petty thief on the streets of Europe, to the most wanted man in the world, is the ultimate parable of American greed.

Jeff Maysh investigates outrageous criminal plots and urban legends. His deeply immersive stories have appeared in publications including the Atlantic, Playboy, and Cosmopolitan. His story about the rise and fall of the â€œBombshell Banditâ€ for the BBC was named the best crime story of 2015 by Longform.org. He is British, and lives in Los Angeles.

Cover design by Adil Dara.
Country USA
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2016-03-14
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2016-03-14
Format	Kindle eBook

Handsome Devil (Kindle Single)

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