Π ΠΠ βΠ‘ΡForget fiction. Pop this jaw-dropper in your beach bag.Π ΠΠ βΠ‘Ρ Π ΠΠ βΠ²ΠΡUSA Today
This shocking expose goes behind the headlines to uncover the true story of Clark Rockefeller, wealthy scion of a great American family, who kidnapped his own daughter and vanished. The police and FBI were baffled. Tips poured in, but every lead was a dead end ... because Π ΠΠ βΠ‘ΡClark RockefellerΠ ΠΠ βΠ‘Ρ did not exist. In a gripping work of investigative journalism, Mark Seal reveals how German native Christian Gerhartsreiter came to the United States, where he stepped in and out of identities for decades, eventually posing as a Rockefeller for twelve years, married to a wealthy woman who had no idea who he really was. Fast-paced, hypnotic, and now updated with more stunning details, The Man in the Rockefeller Suit chillingly reveals the audacity and cunning of a shape-shifting con man.
Review
"Fascinating. [The Man in the Rockefeller Suit] is a brisk narrative that has all the pace and drive of a suspense novel."
-The New York Times
"Riveting."
-O, the Oprah Magazine
"A tailor-made riveting read.... Forget fiction. Pop this jaw-dropper in your beach bag."
-USA Today
"[An] impeccably reported and fascinating book."
-Los Angeles Times
"This spectacular story is all in the entertaining details."
-Newsweek/The Daily Beast (One of 10 Must Read Summer Books)
"Fascinating."
-People Magazine (4 stars)
"Highly diverting."
-Salon
"A tasty soufflΓ© of deceit. THE MAN IN THE ROCKEFELLER SUIT is a terrific read, well-reported and well-structured."
-*Portland Oregonian *
"[A]n intense and compellingly told tale of a self-made man, in every sense of that term."
-The Washington Times
"In striking detail, and at a rapid clip, the writer unravels the complex and fantastically bizarre tale of a man aspiring to the American Dream by any means necessary."
-NPR.org
"Irresistibly lucid and propulsive... Impossible to put down-Patricia Highsmith couldn't have written a more compelling thriller."
-Kirkus (starred review)
"It is impossible to read the book without getting caught up in his story on an almost hypnotic level."
-Booklist (starred review)
"Should please anyone who enjoys a good comeuppance... The talented Mr. Rockefeller could have come right out of a Hitchcock film."
-Library Journal
About the Author
A journalist for thirty-five years, Mark Seal is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and the author of Wildflower: An Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Death in Africa, about the murdered wildlife filmmaker and naturalist Joan Root. Seal was a 2010 National Magazine Award finalist for his Vanity Fair profile on Clark Rockefeller. He lives in Aspen, Colorado.
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