at work today. I remember, a few years back (okay, I guess it was twelve years ago, that's not really a few), hearing about the movie
and thinking it didn't sound very good. Wow, I am a terrible judge of goodness.This book was amazing! I guess you'd call it a psychological thriller, which is probably why I would have written it off without giving it a chance. Usually, when I think of thrillers, I think of books by Tom Clancy or John Grisham, and those aren't really my kind of books. So I tend to stay away from the genre as a whole. But then I read books like this and I start to re-evaluate my stance on thrillers. Much like mysteries, I think I may branch out and try some other thrillers.
But yeah, I really enjoyed this book. It kind of reminded me of Catch Me If You Can
, another book which spawned a movie that I thought looked boring and was totally wrong about. I guess it is similar in that they are both con men, but different in that Frank is very crafty and calculating when as Tom is just straight up crazy.I would recommend this book if you like con men, psychopaths, and rooting for the bad guy.
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