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Book SynopsisA rollicking account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm syndrome."
Trade Review"Electrifying…a thrilling look back at a robbery that remains one of the most bizarre crimes of the 20th century." -- Michael Schaub - Minneapolis Star Tribune
"[A] smart cross between a true-crime thriller and a psychological investigation." -- Scientific American
"A mesmerizing account, not only of the first bank heist to become a global media sensation as it was happening, but of how our understanding of ‘Stockholm syndrome’ is all wrong…Black humor, Scandinavian noir, and it’s all true." -- Kirk Wallace Johnson, author of The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century
"Reads like a movie…[King] is adept at teasing out the humanity of the criminals as well as their victims." -- Dan Bilefsky, staff writer for The New York Times and author of The Last Job
