Dean Jobb

Gebundenes Buch

A Gentleman and a Thief

The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue

Beschreibung

In this captivating Jazz Age true crime about "the greatest jewel thief who ever lived" (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed celebrities and millionaires while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s.

Autor

Dean Jobb is the author of The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream, winner of the inaugural CrimeCon CLUE Award for true crime book of the year and longlisted for the American Library Association’s Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. His previous books include Empire of Deception, which the New York Times Book Review called “intoxicating and impressively researched” and the Chicago Writers Association named the Nonfiction Book of the Year. Esquire magazine has hailed him as “a master of narrative nonfiction.” Jobb has written for major newspapers and magazines, including the Chicago Tribune and Toronto’s Globe and Mail and his monthly true crime column, “Stranger Than Fiction,” appears in Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine . He is a professor at the University of King’s College in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he teaches in the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction program.  

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Workman Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 161mm x 37mm
• Gewicht: 664g
• ISBN-13: 9781643752839
• ISBN-10: 1643752839
• Artikelnr.: 69579705