David W. Maurer was a linguist, and language, professional argot, is his entree to the world of conmen, but don't let that fool you. He loves his subjects. This kind of book has a long history. Robert Greene started it all with his Coney Catching pamphlets, about con artists in Elizabethan London...
A classic work on Broadway sharpers, grifters, and con men by the late, great New Yorker journalist A. J. Liebling.Often referred to as “Liebling lowlife pieces,” the essays in The Telephone Booth Indian boisterously celebrate raffishness. A. J. Liebling appreciated a good scam and knew how to cu...
Che sia anche un romanzo autobiografico lo dice Simenon stesso nella prefazione: “L’infanzia di Roger Mamelin, il suo ambiente, lo sfondo su cui si muove sono molto vicini alla realtà, come i personaggi che egli osserva. I fatti non sono quasi mai inventati”. Il libro fu scritto da Simenon in cir...