... March 17 , 1907 ( Coakley ) ; Byrnes ( 1886 ) , 153 ( Wilmont ) , 163 ( Coakley ) , 189-90 ( Goodie ) ; Sun , March 9 ( Wilmont ) , June 14 , 15 ( Nugent ) , December 17 , 18 , 1879 ; Brooklyn Daily Eagle , March 10 , 1879 ( Wilmont ) ...
The Metropolitan, Gross writes, “is a huge alchemical experiment, turning the worst of man’s attributes—extravagance, lust, gluttony, acquisitiveness, envy, avarice, greed, egotism, and pride—into the very best, transmuting deadly ...
Like their neighbors the Wrightsmans , the Pauls sometimes loaned their Palm Beach mansion to President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy ; Josephine was an old friend of Joe Kennedy's . But in August 1962 , she died , and Paul , who was known ...
This is a tale of unforgettable characters: Marm Mandelbaum, a matronly German-immigrant woman who paid off cops and politicians to protect her empire of fencing stolen goods; "Clubber" Williams, a sadistic policeman who wielded a twenty ...
This is a tale of unforgettable characters: Marm Mandelbaum, a matronly German-immigrant woman who paid off cops and politicians to protect her empire of fencing stolen goods; "Clubber" Williams, a sadistic policeman who wielded a twenty ...
Ten bizarre, explosive, and darkly humorous stories. This collection of monologues from the imagination of Pulitzer Prize-winning John Patrick Shanley delves into the allure of bad behavior and the absurdity of being human.
All are born into original sin. Describing that condition and contemplating how to escape its circumstance is a preoccupation of Rogues Gallery.
Profiles pickpockets, safecrackers, crime czars, and scoundrels in between by a late-19th-century detective
Philip Hook's history is one of human folly, greed and duplicity, interspersed with ingenuity, inspiration and acts of heroism. Rogues' Gallery is learned, witty and irresistibly readable.
Rogues' Gallery
Philip Hook’s riveting narrative takes us from the early days of art dealing in Antwerp, where paintings were sold by weight, to the unassailable hauteur of contemporary galleries in New York, London, Paris, and beyond.