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Eyeing the Flash: The Making of a Carnival Con Artist
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
ISBN-10
074325855X
ISBN-13
9780743258555
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8038780654
Product Key Features
Book Title
Eyeing the Flash : the Making of a Carnival Con Artist
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Hoaxes & Deceptions, Personal Memoirs, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Criminals & Outlaws, Customs & Traditions
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
True Crime, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
8.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
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Trade
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"Mr. Fenton describes his transformation from high school nerd to midway con artist with great comic gusto, in the tart, cynical tone one might expect of someone who made a living taking nickels and dimes from small children at the duck-pond game. A cross between Ferris Bueller and William S. Burroughs, he regards with a cold, delighted eye the weakness, greed and duplicity of the carnival world, where human beings come in only two varieties: 'marks,' or suckers, and the wise guys who divest them of their cash.... The elite flatties could pick the pockets of their marks and still leave them laughing in wonderment. Mr. Fenton just might have shown them a new trick in this hilarious, twisted coming-of-age story." -- William Grimes, The New York Times, "A contemporary carnival classic in the vein of Nell Stroud's Josser and Howard Bone's Side Show: My Life with Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade." -- Library Journal, "A contemporary carnival classic in the vein of Nell Stroud'sJosserand Howard Bone'sSide Show: My Life with Geeks, Freaks & Vagabonds in the Carny Trade."--Library Journal, "Mr. Fenton describes his transformation from high school nerd to midway con artist with great comic gusto, in the tart, cynical tone one might expect of someone who made a living taking nickels and dimes from small children at the duck-pond game. A cross between Ferris Bueller and William S. Burroughs, he regards with a cold, delighted eye the weakness, greed and duplicity of the carnival world, where human beings come in only two varieties: 'marks,' or suckers, and the wise guys who divest them of their cash.... The elite flatties could pick the pockets of their marks and still leave them laughing in wonderment. Mr. Fenton just might have shown them a new trick in this hilarious, twisted coming-of-age story."-- William Grimes,The New York Times, "Eyeing the Flash is shot through with rue and amazement. Welcome, in brief, to adulthood, like the midway itself...[a world] of flashing lights, pounding music, cheap thrills and even cheaper suits, not to mention deceit, perishable pleasures and no curfews." -- Lee K. Abbott, The News & Observer (Raleigh, NC), "Eyeing the Flashis shot through with rue and amazement. Welcome, in brief, to adulthood, like the midway itself...[a world] of flashing lights, pounding music, cheap thrills and even cheaper suits, not to mention deceit, perishable pleasures and no curfews."-- Lee K. Abbott,The News & Observer(Raleigh, NC)
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
364.163092
Synopsis
The year is 1963, the setting small-town Michigan. Pete Fenton is just another well-mannered math student until he meets Jackie Barron, a teenage grifter who introduces him to the carnival underworld -- and lures him with the cons, the double-dealing, and, most of all, the easy money. The memoir of a shy middle-class kid turned first-class huckster,Eyeing the Flashis highly unorthodox, and utterly compelling., The year is 1963 and Peter Fenton is a maths geek growing up in the small town of Mt Clemens, Michigan. Into Pete's life charges Jackie Barron, a six-foot-tall carnival con man with his own Corvair, plans for an illegal gambling parlour in his basement and wisdom and experience far beyond his 14 years. Eyeing the Flash is a wryly observed story of a young man lured into the carnival underworld - the cons, double-dealing and banter. Peter Fenton's story is powerful, intriguing and suspenseful by turns. Highly unorthodox and utterly compelling., A fascinating insider's view of the carnival underworld--the cons, the double-dealing, the quick banter, and, of course, the easy money. The story of a shy middle-class kid turned first-class huckster, Peter Fenton's coming-of-age memoir is highly unorthodox, and utterly compelling. The year is 1963, the setting is small-town Michigan. At age fifteen, Peter Fenton is a gawky math whiz schoolboy with a dissatisfied mother, a father who drinks himself to foolishness, and no chance whatsoever with girls. That's when he meets Jackie Barron. Jackie is the unlikely progeny of Double-O and Vera, professional grifters running a third-rate traveling carnival, and he's been part of the family business since he started earning his keep as the World's Youngest Elephant Trainer. Jackie is a smooth-talking teenage carnie with his own Thunderbird, and with wisdom beyond his years. Jackie shares Pete's way with numbers, and he has a proposition. They'll start a rigged casino in Jackie's basement and take their classmates for thousands of dollars. Pete hesitates, but not for very long. Two years later, he's working joints for the Barrons' Party Time Shows, wearing sharkskin suits and alligator shoes, and relieving the public of its hard-earned cash. He learns to hold his own with veteran con men who have nicknames like the Ghost, Horserace Harry, and Talking Tony, and colorful personalities to match. This is the world of the Alibi and the Hanky Pank, of Flatties and the mark. Amazingly, Pete Fenton has never been more at home. But in this strange new world with its topsy-turvy code of ethics, where leaving a mark without a dollar for gas is outlawed while cheating a best friend is par for the course, the tension between teacher and student grows until Pete finds himself attempting the ultimate challenge: to out-con his mentor., The year is 1963, the setting small-town Michigan. Pete Fenton is just another well-mannered math student until he meets Jackie Barron, a teenage grifter who introduces him to the carnival underworld -- and lures him with the cons, the double-dealing, and, most of all, the easy money. The memoir of a shy middle-class kid turned first-class huckster, Eyeing the Flash is highly unorthodox, and utterly compelling.
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