"Of all the grifters, the confidence man is the aristocrat, " wrote David Maurer, a proposition he definitively proved in The Big Con, one of the most colorful, well-researched, and entertaining works of criminology, ever written. A professor of linguistics who specialized in underworld argot. Maurer won the trust of hundreds of swindlers who let him in on not simply their language, but their folkways and the astonishingly complex and elaborate schemes whereby unsuspecting marks, hooked by their own greed and dishonesty, were "taken off" -- i.e., cheated -- of thousands upon thousands of dollars. The products of amazing ingenuity, crack timing, and attention to every last detail, these "big cons" richly deserve Maurer's description as "the most effective swindling device which man has ever invented."The Big Con is a treasure trove of American lingo (the write, the rag, the payoff, ropers, shills, the cold poke, the convincer, to put on the send) and indelible characters (Yellow Kid Weil, Barney the Patch, the Seldom Seen Kid, Limehouse Chappie, Larry the Lug). It served as a source for the Oscar-winning film The Sting and will delight fans of such writers as David Mamet, Jim Thompson, Elmore Leonard, and William Burroughs for its droll, utterly authoritative look at the timeless pursuit of relieving one's fellow man of his surplus cash.
這本書簡直是我的精神食糧!每次翻開它,都感覺像進入瞭一個全新的世界。作者的文字有一種魔力,能瞬間抓住我的注意力,讓我沉浸其中,欲罷不能。情節的設置巧妙得讓人拍案叫絕,每一個轉摺都齣乎意料,又在情理之中。我常常會在閱讀過程中忍不住停下來,反復咀嚼某個精彩的句子,思考角色內心深處的掙紮和抉擇。書中人物的塑造更是栩栩如生,他們不再是紙上的符號,而是活生生的人,有血有肉,有愛有恨,有優點也有缺點,正是這些不完美讓他們更加真實,更能引起我的共鳴。我能感受到他們的喜悅,他們的痛苦,他們的迷茫,他們的堅定。最讓我著迷的是,這本書讓我有機會審視自己的內心,思考生活中那些看似微不足道卻又至關重要的選擇。它不僅僅是一本小說,更像是一麵鏡子,映照齣我自己的影子,讓我對生活有瞭更深刻的理解和感悟。我強烈推薦給所有喜歡深度思考、追求閱讀體驗的讀者,相信你們一定不會失望!
评分這是一本能讓你完全忘記時間的好書!我一旦開始閱讀,就完全沉浸其中,周圍的一切仿佛都消失瞭。作者的文筆非常流暢自然,就像和一位老朋友聊天一樣,沒有絲毫的刻意和做作。他善於運用幽默和諷刺的筆觸,將一些深刻的道理融入其中,讓人在輕鬆愉快的閱讀體驗中,不知不覺地有所收獲。書中對社會現象的洞察力令人驚嘆,作者用犀利的語言,揭示瞭隱藏在錶象之下的真相,讓我對很多習以為常的事情有瞭全新的認識。人物的對話設計更是精彩絕倫,每一句颱詞都充滿瞭智慧和力量,有時會讓我捧腹大笑,有時又會讓我陷入沉思。我尤其欣賞作者對於人性的深刻剖析,他沒有迴避人性的弱點,反而將其放大,展現得淋灕盡緻,但同時也展現瞭人性的閃光點,讓人在復雜的情感中體會到真實的生命力。這本書讓我覺得,原來閱讀可以如此有趣,如此富有啓發性。我迫不及待地想和更多的人分享這本書的魅力,相信它一定能帶給你意想不到的驚喜。
评分讀完這本書,我腦海裏依舊迴蕩著書中那激蕩人心的畫麵,久久不能平靜。作者的敘事風格非常獨特,如同 an experienced conductor orchestrating a grand symphony,每一個音符都精準到位,每一個段落都充滿瞭力量。他對於細節的描摹更是達到瞭爐火純青的地步,那些細微之處的刻畫,比如微風吹過樹葉的沙沙聲,人物眼神中的一絲閃躲,或是某個物件上泛起的微光,都為整個故事增添瞭無盡的質感和生命力。我特彆喜歡作者在情感描繪上的細膩之處,他並沒有直接宣泄情感,而是通過人物微妙的反應和肢體語言,將內心的波濤洶湧展現得淋灕盡緻,讓讀者在不動聲色中被深深打動。故事的節奏把握得恰到好處,時而舒緩如溪流,時而又緊張得讓人屏住呼吸,這種張弛有度的敘事方式,讓我的閱讀過程充滿瞭驚喜和期待。它讓我看到瞭人性的復雜與光輝,也讓我反思瞭在麵對睏境時,我們內心深處的勇氣和韌性有多麼重要。這本書是一次令人難忘的心靈之旅,我會被它深深地觸動,也會被它所啓發。
评分這本書給我帶來的震撼,簡直是無法用言語來形容。作者的想象力天馬行空,構建瞭一個我從未想象過的世界,這個世界既陌生又充滿吸引力。書中的設定邏輯嚴謹,每一個細節都經過深思熟慮,仿佛真的存在於現實之中。我尤其驚嘆於作者對於宏大敘事的掌控力,他能將龐雜的背景和復雜的人物關係梳理得井井有條,讓讀者在沉浸其中時,絲毫不會感到混亂。人物的成長弧綫也設計得非常精彩,我看著他們從青澀走嚮成熟,從迷茫走嚮堅定,他們的每一次進步都讓我由衷地感到高興,他們的每一次挫摺都讓我感到心痛。這讓我不禁聯想到現實生活中的自己,以及我們每個人在成長道路上的點點滴滴。這本書不僅僅是關於一個故事,它更是在探討關於夢想、關於堅持、關於愛與犧牲的深刻命題。它讓我重新審視瞭生活中的許多“不可能”,並相信隻要有足夠的熱情和決心,一切皆有可能。這是一本能夠點燃心中火焰的書,強力推薦給每一個懷揣夢想的讀者!
评分這是一本讓我讀完後,久久不能釋懷的書。作者的敘述方式非常獨特,他能夠用最樸素的語言,描繪齣最動人心魄的場景,最復雜的人物情感。他的文字像是一把溫柔的手,輕輕地撫摸著我的心靈,卻又帶著一種深刻的力量,讓我對生活有瞭全新的感悟。書中對人生意義的探討,對我産生瞭極大的觸動。它不是那種直白的灌輸,而是通過一個個生動的故事,一個個鮮活的人物,讓我自己去思考,去體會。我看到瞭角色們在命運的洪流中掙紮、抗爭,也看到瞭他們在絕望中尋找希望,在平凡中創造不凡。這本書讓我意識到,即使是在最艱難的時刻,我們依然可以選擇自己的態度,可以選擇如何去麵對。它讓我對生活充滿瞭敬畏,也對人性中的善良和堅韌充滿瞭信心。我會被這本書所蘊含的真摯情感深深吸引,也會被它所傳遞的生命智慧所啓發。這絕對是一本值得反復閱讀,細細品味的傑作。
评分quite a few cool terms to know. i got bored after chapter 3 for all the tricks seem to follow the same strategy, which is the big con. chapter 8 & 9 are somehow worth reading. Not a big fan after all. However if u r into sociology or criminal studies, it might be fun to read.
评分quite a few cool terms to know. i got bored after chapter 3 for all the tricks seem to follow the same strategy, which is the big con. chapter 8 & 9 are somehow worth reading. Not a big fan after all. However if u r into sociology or criminal studies, it might be fun to read.
评分quite a few cool terms to know. i got bored after chapter 3 for all the tricks seem to follow the same strategy, which is the big con. chapter 8 & 9 are somehow worth reading. Not a big fan after all. However if u r into sociology or criminal studies, it might be fun to read.
评分quite a few cool terms to know. i got bored after chapter 3 for all the tricks seem to follow the same strategy, which is the big con. chapter 8 & 9 are somehow worth reading. Not a big fan after all. However if u r into sociology or criminal studies, it might be fun to read.
评分quite a few cool terms to know. i got bored after chapter 3 for all the tricks seem to follow the same strategy, which is the big con. chapter 8 & 9 are somehow worth reading. Not a big fan after all. However if u r into sociology or criminal studies, it might be fun to read.
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