Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History - Hardcover

Scott Andrew Selby; Greg Campbell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1402766513 ISBN 13: 9781402766510

Publisher: Union Square Press, 2010

Synopsis

On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process. Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The who of the crime had been answered, but the how remained largely a mystery. Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law graduate and diamond expert and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist.

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Review:

That real life often outdoes fiction is no longer surprising, but when a true story is brilliantly told, it's a discovery worth shouting about. Flawless will leave you gasping as the authors gradually peel back the covers on one of the most audacious acts of high stakes mischief in the history of thievery. --Lee Gruenfeld, co-author of Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief

The diamond business is full of secrets and here is an especially dazzling one. Selby and Campbell take us into the minds of top-drawer jewel thieves who view every lock as a challenge, every cop as a fool and everyone else s diamonds as their own birthright. Handle with discretion you might be up all night reading. --Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone and Uranium

The first must-be-read-with-popcorn book ever. Selby and Campbell s propulsive and cinematic narrative shimmers with truth, hubris, and knowing details. I loved it. --Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author of Starvation Heights

About the Author:

Scott Andrew Selby is a graduate of UC Berkeley, Harvard Law School and Sweden s Lund University, where he wrote his master s thesis on diamonds. He is licensed to practice law in California and New York. Greg Campbell is an award-winning journalist and the author of Blood Diamonds and The Road to Kosovo. His work has appeared in the Economist, the Wall Street Journal Magazine, the Christian Science Monitor and the San Francisco Chronicle, among others.

About this edition

• Publisher: Union Square Press
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1402766513
• ISBN 13: 9781402766510
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336