《confessions master jewel thief》是2005年Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Bill Mason。
基本介紹
- 中文名：confessions master jewel thief
- 作者：Bill Mason
- 出版社：Random House US
- ISBN：9780375760716
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
The extraordinarily captivating memoir of the remarkable jewelthief who robbed the rich and the famous while maintaining anoutwardly conventional life—an astonishing and completely truestory, the like of which has never before been told . . . orlived.Bill Mason is arguably the greatest jewel thief who ever lived.During a thirty-year career he charmed his way into the innercircles of high society and stole more than $35 million worth offabulous jewels from such celebrities as Robert Goulet, ArmandHammer, Phyllis Diller, Bob Hope, Truman Capote, Margaux Hemingwayand Johnny Weissmuller—he even hit the Mafia. Along the way heseduced a high-profile Midwest socialite into leaving her prominentindustrialist husband, nearly died after being shot during arobbery, tricked both Christie’s and Sotheby’s into fencing stolengoods for him and was a fugitive for five years and the object of anationwide manhunt. Yet despite the best efforts of law enforcementauthorities from several states as well as the federal government,he spent less than three years total in prison.Shadowy, elusive and intensely private, Mason has been the subjectof many magazine and newspaper features, but no journalist has evercome close to knowing the facts. Now, in his own words and with noholds barred, he reveals everything, and the real story is far moreincredible than any of the reporters, detectives or FBI agents whopursued Mason ever imagined. Confessions of a Master JewelThief, expertly co-written by bestselling author Lee Gruenfeld,is a unique true-crime confessional.From the Hardcover edition.
圖書目錄
PROLOGUE
PART I
1. BEGINNINGS
2. CIRCUMSTANCE
3. FIRST SCORE
4. Luck
5. GLITZ
6. SCALING THE HEIGHTS
7. HEAT
8. PROSPECTING
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作者簡介
BILL MASON was perhaps the most successful jewel thief this country has ever known. While working as a real estate manager and investor and raising a family, he excelled in his secret after-hours career. He lives in New York City.LEE GRUENFELD is the bestselling author of such celebrated novels as The Halls of Justice and All Falls Down. He has also written several novels under the pseudonym Troon McAllister, including the golf classic The Green. He lives in Southern California.From the Hardcover edition.
