The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Imposter (Thorndike Press Large Print Biography Series) - Hardcover

Seal, Mark

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410441083 ISBN 13: 9781410441089

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2011

Synopsis

The Vanity Fair contributing editor and author of Wildflower traces the 30-year con of Clark Rockefeller, a German-born immigrant who assumed numerous identities to charm his way into exclusive clubs and financial institutions before divorcing a Harvard graduate and kidnapping his own daughter. (true crime).

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Review

"Fascinating. ["The Man in the Rockefeller Suit"] is a brisk narrative that has all the pace and drive of a suspense novel."
-"The New York Times"
"Riveting."
-"O, the Oprah Magazine"
"A tailor-made riveting read.... Forget fiction. Pop this jaw-dropper in your beach bag."
-"USA Today"
"[An] impeccably reported and fascinating book."
-"Los Angeles Times"
"This spectacular story is all in the entertaining details."
-"Newsweek/The Daily Beast" (One of 10 Must Read Summer Books)
"Fascinating."
-"People Magazine" (4 stars)
"Highly diverting."
-"Salon"
"A tasty souffl? of deceit. THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT is a terrific read, well-reported and well-structured."
-"Portland Oregonian "
"[A]n intense and compellingly told tale of a self-made man, in every sense of that term."
-"The Washington Times"
"In striking detail, and at a rapid clip, the writer unravels theT

About the Author

A journalist for thirty-five years, Mark Seal is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa, about the murdered wildlife filmmaker and naturalist Joan Root. Seal was a 2010 National Magazine Award finalist for his Vanity Fair profile on Clark Rockefeller. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.

Edition details

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1410441083
• ISBN 13: 9781410441089
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 567