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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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      Publisher Workman Publishing
      Published 7 November 2024
      ISBN-13 9781643752839
      978-1643752839
      ISBN-10 1643752839
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      Biography True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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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