Rogues [large print] : true stories of grifters, killers, rebels and crooks

Rogues brings together a dozen of Keefe's most celebrated articles from The New Yorker. As Keefe says in his preface "They reflect on some of my abiding preoccupations: crime and corruption, secrets and lies, the permeable membrane separating licit and illicit worlds, the bonds of family, the power of denial." Keefe explores the intricacies of forging $150,000 vintage wines, examines whether a whistleblower who dared to expose money laundering at a Swiss bank is a hero or a fabulist, spends time in Vietnam with Anthony Bourdain, chronicles the quest to bring down a cheerful international black market arms merchant, and profiles a passionate death penalty attorney who represents the "worst of the worst," among other works of literary journalism.

General Note:

"The pieces in this work originally appeared in a slightly different form in The New Yorker." -- Title page verso.

Contents:

The Jefferson bottles: how could one collector find so much rare fine wine? -- Crime family: how a notorious Dutch gangster was exposed by his own sister -- The avenger: has the brother of a victim of a Lockerbie bombing finally solved the case? -- The empire of edge: how a doctor, a trader, and the billionaire Steven A. Cohen got entangled in a vast financial scandal -- A loaded gun: a mass shooter's tragic past -- The hunt for El Chapo: inside the capture of the world's most notorious drug lord -- Winning: how Mark Burnett resurrected Donald Trump as an icon of American success -- Swiss bank heist: the computer technician who exposed a Geneva bank's darkest secrets -- The Prince of Marbella: the decades-long battle to catch an elusive international arms broker -- The worst of the worst: Judy Clarke excelled at saving the lives of notorious killers. Then she took the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev -- Buried secrets: how an Israeli billionaire wrested control of one of Africa's biggest prizes -- Journeyman: Anthony Bourdain's movable feast.

Subject Term:

Crime.

Criminals.

Swindlers and swindling.

Murderers.

Investigative reporting -- United States.

Reportage literature, American.

Genre:

Large type books.

True crime stories.

Language:

English