About this title: Frank Abagnale was possibly the world's most talented con artist. A high school dropout, Abagnale amassed millions of dollars by passing bad checks, playing the role of an airline pilot (including actually flying commercial airplanes), a pediatrician, a lawyer who worked for the state attorney general, and a college professor at Columbia ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780786119684ISBN:0786119683
Description: Good. 6 Audio Cassettes With Some Wear To The Clam Shell Case. Ex-Library Copy With All Of The Usual Marks, Stamps, And Stickers. Great Customer Service. We Stand Behind All Of Our Products. read more
Description: Acceptable. 1980-Hardcover----Used-Acceptable-Hall Street Books proudly ships from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours, M-F. 100% money back No-Worry guarantee with expedited delivery and delivery confirmation available. read more
Binding: Audio Cassette
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date Published: 2001-08
ISBN-13:9780786119684ISBN:0786119683
Description: Good. Ex-library copy w/ usual stmaps and markings. Some shelf wear on cover, tapes in good condition. Ships promptly in a padded mailer w/ delivery confirmation. read more
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paper
Publisher: Broadway Books, N. Y.
Date Published: 2000
Description: Cover Art. Very Good. No Jacket. Trade Paperback. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The cover has light shelf wear with moisture stain to the back bottom at the spine....The pages has ripples..............The book may have minor flaws that may have gone unnoticed.... read more
"The first 200 or so pages--I was SO into. Then, the repetitiveness about how smart he is, how young he was, how he managed to rip of countless people, etc, etc..just got old.
It was a really different feeling than I had from the movie. In the movie, I felt bad for poor Leonardo DiCaprio, and didn't want him to get caught. In the book, I couldn't wait for him to get caught. (And was a little peeved that he ended the book when he escaped--leaving it to the ghost writer to clarify in the afterword.)
When he was in his French jail cell...which was pretty gruesome, I admit, I didn't feel bad for him. Maybe I'm getting old, and crotchety, but he kept mentioning how much money he was stealing, and I kept thinking, who REALLY paid for that? Airline costs go up to cover it? Bank fees increase? Man, I'm an old fogey that I care about this stuff.
My recommendation: If you liked the book, leave it at that."
"Abagnale's ghost writer (Stan Redding?) is adept with his alliterations and clogs his "autobiographer's" prose w/ copious cliches. But an insipid narrative style was the least of my objections to this otherwise outrageous tale. I wish I hadn't been so engrossed by all his unlikely adventures and exploits. But I kept reading b/c his account really is almost incredible. I just wish he didn't portray himself so heroically and self-righteously. Abagnale is(was?) a con-man. He exploited thousands of people, duped hundreds of businesses, and defrauded his hapless marks of millions of dollars during his self-indulgent sprees. Perhaps he has indeed straightened out by now--as he insists. But I find it difficult to believe that this (narcissistic?) swindler and "playa'" w/ the ladies is the upstanding, duly chastened family man & upstanding father that he now presents himself as."
"I never saw the movie based on this book and honestly, I don't feel the need to see the movie, because I thought the book was wonderful!! I am not usually one to pick up action/adventure books, which is funny because when someone passes on that type of genre to me, I usually thoroughly enjoy them. Catch Me If You Can was a great read because the pace of the book was quick and exciting through the narrator's escapades, and then when the book shifts into prison portion, where I excepted the book to become slow and mundane, there is still a sense of anxiety and wonder if the narrator will survive, even though clearly he does. A perfect summer read, that will keep you up late at nights turning pages."
"Frank Abagnale's story of his life on the run is fascinating. The Swedish judge told Frank that if his energies would have been spent doing good instead of running from the law, he would have been a huge asset to America and the other countries he swindled. I completely agree with this statement after reading about Frank's ingenious plots to pass bad checks and his facade as a medical doctor, teacher, and lawyer.
Every time I thought that Frank had finally been caught, he would devise a new incredible plan that would leave plenty of distance between him and the authorities.
I don't think the book could have ended better. The movie is good, but the book, as usual, is better. The best paper hanger in history. Of course Hollywood makes his criminal life seem glamorous and enviable, but if you read the book, his description of the six months he spent in a bastille after being captured by the French police quickly erases all feelings of adulation."
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