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A captivating Jazz Age true-crime caper about 'the greatest jewel thief who ever lived' (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed everyone from Rockefellers to members of the royal family while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s. 

“A master of narrative nonfiction. In this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jobb has found his own perfect jewel.”
―DAVID GRANN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon

“An enthrallingly propulsive, unpredictably twisty biography of one of the most fascinating criminals of the 20th Century.  I was hooked from the very first heist.”
―MICHAEL FINKEL, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Thief and The Stranger in the Woods

Catch Me If You Can meets The Great Gatsby

A Gentleman and a Thief

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A captivating Jazz Age true-crime caper about 'the greatest jewel thief who ever lived' (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed everyone... Read more

    Publisher: Workman Publishing
    Publication Date: 7/11/2024
    ISBN13: 9781643752839, 978-1643752839
    ISBN10: 1643752839

    Non Fiction , Biography

    Description

    A captivating Jazz Age true-crime caper about 'the greatest jewel thief who ever lived' (Life Magazine), Arthur Barry, who charmed everyone from Rockefellers to members of the royal family while simultaneously planning and executing the most audacious and lucrative heists of the 1920s. 

    “A master of narrative nonfiction. In this mesmerizing tale about a Jazz Age gentlemanly thief, Jobb has found his own perfect jewel.”
    ―DAVID GRANN, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Wager and Killers of the Flower Moon

    “An enthrallingly propulsive, unpredictably twisty biography of one of the most fascinating criminals of the 20th Century.  I was hooked from the very first heist.”
    ―MICHAEL FINKEL, New York Times bestselling author of The Art Thief and The Stranger in the Woods

    Catch Me If You Can meets The Great Gatsby

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