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Summary: A Great Read!
Review: This was my third time in 20 years to read "Catch Me If You Can". It has always been an entertaining, hilarious and exciting book. As a 30-year veteran federal agent, I have heard Mr. Abagnale lecture at the FBI Academy many times. In the book he is a very flamboyant and boastful character, but in person he is a very articulate individual and extremely knowledgeable in his field. Abagnale and his escapades have been the discussion of many agents over the last 30 years. Today, he is highly respected for who he is and not who he was in the book. The book is a great read.
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Summary: Excellent pleasure reading
Review: I am an airline pilot and I found this very amusing. If you are a pilot you have to read this. I have passed this around to many of my pilot friends and they all agree. We (pilots) feel the effects of Franks exploits everytime we jumpseat. I can safely say this would not likely happen today but it could have easily happened in the 60's.
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Summary: Highly Questionable
Review: Book represents accounts inflated, if not outright pure fiction. Wish I had good rememberance of that Univ of South Carolina mention somewhere connected with this con-author that Mr Abagnale was once invited to speak at the school but declined. Seems, allegedly, someone there had the goods on him as to veracity of the accounts depicted in book. If not actually scared off, Abagnale is likely a 60's-era con whose exploits and other would hardly pass in todays 2000-era technology. Somehow he must have the gift of gab and front a speaker's bureau to yadda yadda in front of unsuspecting groups which likely wouldn't have the mentality to question Abagnale on anything. Abagnale's laugh is that his con is still on!
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Summary: Hard to believe & Hardly Modest
Review: The author's exploits may have been true, but I doubt they were accurately reflected in this book. I was skeptical of the non-stop cons and impersonations performed by Abagnale, not to mention the bragging details. This book started out good but was not very interesting for the most part due to its far-fetched nature. I would like to have found out how the author ended up on the right side of the law but the book ended abruptly and left me hanging.
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Summary: Fat-free literature: tasteless without substance
Review: A true account of this man's life might truly be interesting if written by a more subjective source. The hyberbole and bravado laced in this tale exposes it for what it is- another con, this time on the reader! There might be some basis in fact to some of these stories, but what we are left with are simply written "vignettes" without any insight into the man who generated these charades. The book ends apruptly without any resolution. This material might have made a mildly interesting (if poorly written) magazine piece.
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Summary: Now who's being conned?
Review: The amazing true story of a liar. Uh-huh. While I have no doubts that Abagnale whisked his way across country and played poseur more times than once, the flair with which this story comes off is simply tainted with the fine polish of a professional liar. Now a story well-told is usually better than the truth, but in this case I ended up feeling like Abagnale was playing a soft con with me--sticking me for twelve bucks and leaving only a wisp of a tale in return. Perhaps the most interesting thing about the book is to see how accepting human nature really is and how we've had to rely on technology to overcome that design flaw. Like Abagnale says, he couldn't pull have these stunts off now because the world has changed so much. Too bad he has no remorse for any of the scams he pulled. Even a touch would be nice. Instead we get pat-on-the-back after pat-on-the-back. Even after stealing a woman's virginity and leading her to believe they would be married, there is nothing but a sly grin and witty self-congratulatory remark on his close call. Pathetic. I admit that the first few chapters had be entranced with his good-hearted criminal act, but in the end, I wanted nothing to do with this character who saw people on as "marks."
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Summary: Abagnale Meets Walter Mitty
Review: I realize it was a different world in the 1960's & 1970's, but some of Mr. Abagnale's alleged exploits are, frankly, beyond the realm of credibility. (He traveled throughout Europe with an entire entourage of airline stewardess'. Better yet, no one in the group was aware they were scamming their way across Europe!). This book is simply an amusing tale. Save your money and look for this book at a yard sale or even on eBay. This book was a major disappointment.
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Summary: Staggeringly engrossing
Review: This is probably the most readable and entertaining autobiography I've ever read. Abagnale's tale is so amazing and so hilarious, and his style so engaging, that I simply could not put this book down. I sacrificed sleep and was late for work finishing this book off. Frank's adventures are exciting and hilarious, and at times my heart beat faster as I waited to see whether he would succeed with his latest outrageous caper. I give this book my highest recommendation. My only complaint is that the book ends very abruptly, and his subsequent fate is not discussed; nor, as I would be keenly interested to find out, how the feds managed to track him down. If Frank ever decides to tell this part of the story, I'll be first in line to buy it.
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Summary: A great vicarious ride!
Review: This is the reason why spy movies, detective novels, and superhero movies work - we always dream of being this cool, this rich, this courageous - and Abagnale is the real life version of the Bond, Pretender, The Saint, etc. The adventures are exciting, entertaining, and even educational! Plus, there is a perfect element of heart and soul in his story - a broken home, a delusional kid, an intelligent thief, a horrible experience, etc. I had originally bought this because it has been picked up by a movie studio, and Leo DiCaprio has agreed to play the lead. It has a great movie feel to it. This book is so worth reading!!
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Summary: I Still love it, But what happened
Review: I read the original after borrowing it from a friend a few years back. Wish I could have kept it! When I saw the rerelease I grabbed it. I loved every minute of it. But what happened to the epilogue. The whole story of Abagnale's recapture and rehabilitation is missing. I checked a half dozen copies to make sure I didn't get a defective copy. I sorely miss the closure to the story.
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