About this title: Since 1991, Andreas Schroeder has been a regular on the very popular national CBC-Radio show “Basic Black” with Arthur Black. Each month, Schroeder recounts, with wry understatement, yet another outrageous scam or particularly notable rip-off, leaving his listeners speechless with disbelief, amusement, and even grudging admiration.
Such was the popularity of his two previous story collections that he has done it again.
Stories Include:
Another Day, Another Picasso: The decades-long career of aristocratic forger Elmyr de Hory, some of whose ...
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart, Toronto
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780771079542ISBN:0771079540
Description: 0771079540. Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Looks new: clean, tight, bright; no marks, tears, writing, or edgewear.; 8.5 x 5.5 inches; 264 p.; Tales of outrageous scams, rip-offs, and fraudsters; the author's third volume of chicanery, mostly current stories but going back to Marco Polo. read more
Description: NEW/Trade pb. Collection of true stories abot fraudsters and their rip-offs. You might as well laugh, says author. In new, unmarked, unread condition. Clean, straight, bright looking. McClelland & Stewart trade pb, 1st printing, 264 pp read more
Description: Very Good. 0771079540 paperback in very good condition. Pages are clean, binding is tight. Cover has slight shelf wear. Appears gently read. Satisfaction Guaranteed. read more
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