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Originally published in 1948, "Con Man" is undeniable proof that "Yellow Kid" Weil was the virtuoso scam artist, bar none. Here is Weil's story as never before, with a smart and witty Afterword by Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, who profiled "Yellow Kid" for "The Reporter" in 1956.

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Based on exclusive interviews with people who knew Charles Ponzi, lent him their money, and exposed him, "Ponzi" re-creates one of America's most notorious, and colorful, financial con men, and the era during which he thrived.

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In "The Telephone Booth Indian," Liebling proves just why he was the go-to man on New York lowlife and con culture; this is the master at the top of his form, uncovering scam after scam and writing about them with the wit and charisma that established him as one of New York's finest cultural chroniclers.