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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter by Mark Seal
Born in lowly circumstances in Bavaria, Christian Gerhartsreiter emigrated to the U.S. and invented a series of pedigreed identities that gave him access to the highest echelons of American society.  Be amazed as the author recounts his schemes and cons over a thirty-year period, talking his way into jobs for which he had no training, and reveals the heart of a “savvy financial wunderkind who financed his lifestyle in complete ignorance of his true identity.” This story is as impossible to believe as it is to put down.

 

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