Kip Largo has recently emerged from a jail term for security fraud. He used to be a master conman, but now he's trying to go straight, working at a dry cleaner's while running an internet vitamin business on the side. But when Lauren Napier, the wife of a big Las Vegas businessman, comes to him with a proposition to steal $20 million of her husband Ed Napier's money, Kip can't resist the prospect of an artful con. He recruits some friends: Jessica, a stripper turned porn producer, his wayward son, Toby and Peter, a brilliant college hacker. They convince Napier that they've developed software that predicts stock prices, and with the smell of so much money in the air, Napier can't wait to invest. But things don't go to plan: it quickly emerges that someone on the inside is feeding information to another party. The con's in tatters, and Kip must fight to keep himself - and his son - alive.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Orion
ISBN: 9780752893747
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 285
Tiempo de lectura:
5h 51m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 15/12/2008
Año de edición: 2008
Plaza de edición: London
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Escrito por Matthew Klein
Comentarista de economía en Barron's. Ha escrito para el Financial Times, Bloomberg View y The Economist. Antes de dedicarse al periodismo, fue asistente de investigación en el Consejo de Relaciones Exteriores y asociado de inversiones en Bridgewater. Estudió historia en Yale, licenciándose con distinciones, y se centró en los vínculos entre la política nacional y las relaciones internacionales. Originario de Chicago, vive en San Francisco.