A racy, highly entertaining history of cons and conmen. To the many people who've been the subject of a con, this book will be of personal interest: even if you haven't, there's still a fascination in how it has happened to other. The great, the god and the bad, from Oscar Wilde to Al Capone, have fallen victim to the wiles of the trickster. In Capone's case, he purchased a machine from 'Count' Victor Lustig, guaranteed to produce dollar bills. Other great cons described in this alarming yet funny book are: Royal Cons, Psychic Swindlers, Fairground Cons, Sexual Swindles, Gambling Swindles.
- ISBN10 0749951435
- ISBN13 9780749951436
- Publish Date 27 September 2007
- Publish Status Transferred
- Out of Print 24 July 2009
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Imprint Portrait
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 288
- Language English