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Overview
When lowly civil servant Ben Anscomb's luck deserts him, he opts for a walk on the lawless side of life. Jobless and wifeless, he draws up his very own Theft Chart and sets about earning his living through a series of systematically planned felonies. Confident in his ability to avoid the cock-ups of the commonplace crook, he proves to be a singular thief.From the author of 'Barry Braithwaite's Last Life' and 'Spanish Journals - The Posthumous Diary of an Expat', an amusing and instructive tale of criminal capers in which the question, 'Does crime pay?' is finally and all but conclusively answered.
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- ISBN-13: 9781484893357
- ISBN-10: 1484893352
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: May 2013
- Dimensions: 8 x 5.25 x 0.29 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.32 pounds
- Page Count: 134
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