Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Catch Me If You Can (Final Review)

At a young age, I was always fascinated with how people get away with the crimes that they commit. I was interested in this book from the point in which the first movie trailor came out. While most people are suppose to read the book before they watch the movie, I feel as though watching the movie before helped me to understand the book better and also put a more clearer picture in my head. I truely was looking forward to reading this book after I first saw it in the library, and it turned out to fill my expectations and even go farther then them.
Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. While his criminal career was not the longest he managaed to gain the trust of a whole airline and even get a uniform. He was also a fake surgeon, practiced law without a licence, and even portrayed himself as a sociology teacher. he had cashed over $2.5 million dollars in forged checks before he was twenty-one. The middle of the story conducts an intense chase between the law and him which find him trapped in a compromising situation.
I highly recommend this book to everyone who is interested in a good book. I recommend this book a little bit more towards the males because I don't think many women would find this book exciting. This was a very good book and kept me guessing. I was fascinated by the fact that this was a true story and helped make a lot more sense.

1 comment:

Zach said...

This makes me want to read the book even more. I have heard the movie was awesome and since the books are better than the movies made after them, it should be awesome. Thanks to you Jimmy for giving me more of a background and sparking my interest in a new book.