The Sting Man: Inside Abscam

by Robert W. Greene

Overview

The true story behind the film AMERICAN HUSTLE
 
The Sting Man is the amazing inside story of Mel Weinberg, one of the most fascinating fast-buck operators to ever live, and the incredible scandals he masterminded. Hustling his way from the streets of the Bronx to hawking bogus businesses around the world, Weinberg netted millions and famously dreamed up Abscam—the infamous FBI-run sting operation of the late 1970’s that would bag seven congressmen and one U.S. senator.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780143125273
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/02/2013
Edition description:	Media Tie-In
Pages:	336
Sales rank:	453,682
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 7.98(h) x 0.72(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

A veteran reporter of over twenty-seven years, Robert W. Greene was a Senior Staff Investigator for the New York City Anti-Crime Committee and an investigator for the U.S. Senate. As a reporter for Newsday, he headed investigative teams that twice won the Pulitzer Prize gold medal. He was also president of the Investigative Reporters and Editors Group. He died in 2008.

Editorial Reviews

Listening to this book won’t restore your faith in human nature or the political system, though it’s good to see corrupt politicians get what's coming to them. The audiobook recounts the infamous “Abscam” operation on the East Coast in the 1970s in which con man Mel Weinberg, working for the FBI, convinced politicians to accept bribes in return for favors. True story, it was in all the papers. Our guide through the morass of unlikable crooks is narrator Edoardo Ballerini, who gets a lot of points as the master of understatement. His clipped wise-guy style helps make the sleaze go down easier. The audiobook is far more accurate, warts and all, than the movie American Hustle, which is based on the same operation. M.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2014 - AudioFile

Listening to this book won’t restore your faith in human nature or the political system, though it’s good to see corrupt politicians get what's coming to them. The audiobook recounts the infamous “Abscam” operation on the East Coast in the 1970s in which con man Mel Weinberg, working for the FBI, convinced politicians to accept bribes in return for favors. True story, it was in all the papers. Our guide through the morass of unlikable crooks is narrator Edoardo Ballerini, who gets a lot of points as the master of understatement. His clipped wise-guy style helps make the sleaze go down easier. The audiobook is far more accurate, warts and all, than the movie American Hustle, which is based on the same operation. M.S. © AudioFile 2014, Portland, Maine

FEBRUARY 2014 - AudioFile