Yepoka Yeebo

Anansi's Gold

The Man Who Swindled the World

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Produktbeschreibung

The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of the 20th century's longest-running and most spectacular frauds.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury USA
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. April 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 210mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 454g
• ISBN-13: 9781639735297
• ISBN-10: 1639735291
• Artikelnr.: 70373033

Autorenporträt

Yepoka Yeebo 's work has appeared in the Guardian, Huffington Post, the Atlantic, Bloomberg Businessweek and Quartz, among other publications. A graduate of Queen Mary, University of London and of Columbia University's School of Journalism, she divides her time between Accra, London and New York. Anansi's Gold is her first book.

Rezensionen

Through meticulous and shrewd reporting, Yeebo breaks down the many reasons why Blay-Miezah's claims were too enticing for even the most sophisticated marks to ignore . . . Anansi's Gold is an enthralling rags-to-stolen-riches story, a thrilling true-crime caper, and a sharp indictment of a world that allows scammers like Blay-Miezah to thrive TIME, The 100 Must-Read Books of 2023

This compelling story of a charismatic conman who fooled thousands . . . This is a glorious tale of greed, exploited by an astonishingly brazen fraudster