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The King of Con
- How a Smooth-Talking Jersey Boy Made and Lost Billions, Baffled the FBI, Eluded the Mob, and Lived to Tell the Crooked Tale
- Narrated by: Thomas Giacomaro
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
A Jersey boy with a knack for numbers, a gift for making people trust him, and an all-consuming hunger to be king of the business world, Tom Giacomaro could convince anyone of anything.
As a teenager, Tom Giacomaro began working in the mob-laden New Jersey trucking industry. A charming, brash-talking salesman, he climbed the ranks, and let his lust for money and relationships with New York and Philadelphia crime families send him spiraling into a world of drugs and violence. Forced to go on the lam in South Africa and Europe he returned a year later - with millions of dollars' worth of diamonds stuffed in his underwear. And that's only the beginning.
In his memoir, Tom details how he eventually hashed out a deal with the FBI, agreeing to become a special crime informant to avoid jail time - only he somehow manages not to rat anyone out and, incredibly, continues his high-finance, shady dealings, luring celebrities and other high-profile contacts to invest millions in his new business ventures. When it all inevitably comes crashing down, Tom is thrown in prison for over a decade - yet, even behind bars, he's able to get what he wants from anyone: the warden, the doctors, the guards, and his fellow inmates... and finds a way to get released early.
Cowritten by Natasha Stoynoff, The King of Con is the true story about a smart, streetwise Jersey boy who talked his way to the top and became richer and more successful than his wildest dreams. It offers an unforgettable look into the life of a man who became hooked on living life to thrilling and dangerous excess, rubbing elbows with celebrities and crime bosses, until he was humbled by the FBI, by the US Attorney, and by life itself.
Now, Tom is back in his old New Jersey neighborhood. His mob cronies are calling, his palms are itching to make billions again, and the US Attorney's office is watching. Will he stay on the straight and narrow, or will he return to his old ways and steal back his crown of crime as the King of Con?
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- Anonymous User
- 20-08-22
Fascinating
Amazing story, brilliantly narrated. If only Tom had done it for good,he could have been the richest man in the world.
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- Ms M Fitzgerald
- 29-06-19
epic story. lessons learned. love lost.
superbly written read and remembered
story of one man's life and how it went up and down as a rollercoaster...
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- Anonymous User
- 29-12-22
Gripper. Tom Giacomora I’d like to meet him and wish him well in his next business venture!
Gripper. Tom Giacomora I’d like to meet him and wish him well in his next business venture! 😜
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- Clive Elleforde
- 21-09-21
Brilliant and enthralling
Kept me interested all the way through. What a life he leads, with amazing twists. Enjoy. You won’t forget this book!
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- Anonymous User
- 10-09-21
Great read
One of the best mob related books I have read.. inspiring actually and very relatable to what we see in the movies only that’s it’s a true story told by the real character
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- Luke
- 03-09-21
Enjoyable story
He lived some life , not going after ripping a lot of innocent people off ,
But really good story
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- Anonymous User
- 28-04-23
Fascinating
I really enjoyed listening to this book, I would certainly recommend listening to it. I am impressed that the author read his own book and he did an excellent job.
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- Alex Liddell
- 10-06-23
Truth is stranger than fiction
The guy who inspired the villain of Mary Higgins Clark's detective novel, The Christmas Thief, tells his story of debauchery, thievery and violence. A true rags to riches to rags to riches to rags story, no you read that correctly.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-08-21
great
really good story, never got stale and constant action and plot twists. really enjoyed it
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- Jane Monk
- 17-12-22
Nadia bing with knobs on
As honest as I reckon he could be, fascinating and scary, well worth a listen
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