An edition of Catch Me If You Can (1980)

Catch me if you can

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An edition of Catch Me If You Can (1980)

Catch me if you can

  • 4.00 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 36 Want to read
  • 3 Currently reading
  • 4 Have read

The uproarious, bestselling true story of the world's most sought-after con man.
Currently in development as a DreamWorks feature film.

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, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, passed himself off as a college sociology professor, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty states as "The Skywayman," Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam--until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale is a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades, and ingenious escapes--including one from an airplane--make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit.

"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

This description comes from the 2000 Broadway Books edition.

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Publisher
Pocket Books, Pocket
Language
English
Pages
262

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Cover of: Catch me if you can
Catch me if you can: the amazing true story of the youngest and most daring con man in the history of fun and profit
2002, Broadway Books
in English - 1st Broadway books movie tie-in ed.
Cover of: Catch Me If You Can
Cover of: Catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
1982, Pocket Books, Pocket
in English
Cover of: Catch me if you can
Catch me if you can
1980, Grosset & Dunlap
in English

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Edition Notes

Reprint. Original ed.: New York : Grosset & Dunlap, 1980

The Physical Object

Pagination
262 p. ;
Number of pages
262

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17932428M
Internet Archive
catchmeifyoucan00abag
ISBN 10
0671431455
OCLC/WorldCat
8193104
Library Thing
53329
Goodreads
951646

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