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Eyeing the Flash : The Education of a Carnival Con Artist
Eyeing the Flash The Education of a Carnival Con Artist
Author: Peter Fenton
The year is 1963, the setting is small-town Michigan. At age fifteen, Peter Fenton is a gawky math whiz schoolboy with a dissatisfied mother, a father who drinks himself to foolishness, and no chance whatsoever with girls. That's when he meets Jackie Barron.Jackie is the unlikely progeny of Double-O and Vera, professional grifters running a thir...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743258548
ISBN-10: 0743258541
Publication Date: 12/21/2004
Pages: 256
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3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Quite humorous, easily read book about mis-adventures of a young man on the carnival circuit, and VERY revealing insight in to how those side show games and scams really work.
Somehow I can see Steve Buscemi in a film that this book begs to be made into.


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