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Winner of the Jhalak Prize & Plutarch Award A New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME Book of the Year 2023
Fabulously entertaining' Daily Telegraph Perfect for fans of Frank Abignale Jr.'s Catch Me If You Can' Publishers Weekly
The astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century's longest and most audacious frauds.

When Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, it immediately became a target for opportunists determined to lay hold of whatever assets colonialism hadn't already stripped. The military ousted the new nation's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of stealing the country's gold and hiding it overseas.

Into this story stepped one of history's most charismatic scammers, John Ackah Blay-Miezah a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty, Bl

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 8 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781526667083
      978-1526667083
      ISBN-10 1526667088
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      Biography True crime

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Winner of the Jhalak Prize & Plutarch Award A New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME Book of the Year 2023
      Fabulously entertaining' Daily Telegraph       Perfect for fans of Frank Abignale Jr.'s Catch Me If You Can' Publishers Weekly
      The astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century's longest and most audacious frauds.

      When Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, it immediately became a target for opportunists determined to lay hold of whatever assets colonialism hadn't already stripped. The military ousted the new nation's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of stealing the country's gold and hiding it overseas.

      Into this story stepped one of history's most charismatic scammers, John Ackah Blay-Miezah a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty, Bl

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