Frank Abagnale and Stan Redding - Catch Me If You Can

Pros: Purely amazing, in scope, energy, imagination and huevos.
Cons: A bit Johnny One Note, (but oh, what a Johnny)!

Although white collar crime dramas are not generally high on Hollywood's list of grist for the action-packed sort of thrillers that pump up our adrenaline or leave long lines at movie theaters and cinema-plexs in the same way a Heat or Silence ...

Pros: Fascinating story of some incredible capers.
Cons: Flimsy writing style doesn't do justice to the material.

I told myself I wasn't going to review "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale, as it has already been reviewed by three Epinions reviewers, one of whom I reviewed and agreed with. But I just finished this book yesterday and I am left with such a "feelin ...

Pros: Very interesting, plot moves along, easy to read
Cons: At times too much detail

I'm an avid reader and can read two books a week if I let myself vegetate all evening after work! I mostly read mystery, suspense and true crime, but once in awhile a different type of book will catch my eye and I'll want to read it. This is what...

Pros: Generally well-written with vivid detail in just the right places
Cons: One European prison system is portrayed too positively

If you have seen the movie version of CATCH ME IF YOU CAN, you already have the basic idea of the plot of the book. Yes, Virginia, Frank Abagnale really did pass a lot of fake checks and pose as an airline pilot. He also was something of a ladies' man....

Pros: Engrossing increasingly fantastic situations; easy-to-digest writing style matches careening capers.
Cons: Strong language; abrupt ending; presents criminal activity in a good light

"It's the girls. They do strange things to me," is the author's excuse for his careening map-cap capers that fill this autobiographical page-turner.

Catch Me If You Can
Abagnale, Frank with Stan Redding
Broadway Books, New...

Pros: Fast reading, good story, interesting subject
Cons: Not the feel good ending like the movie.

With the movie finally on the big screen I was compelled to read the book on this fascinating subject, the life of Frank Abagnale, Jr. I did make the mistake of seeing the movie first which is admittedly by Mr. Abagnale "only 80% correct". I found the...

Pros: Well written, easy to read, keeps you wondering who he is going to dupe next.
Cons: Some might find it hard to keep up, it jumps around a little.

I would definitely recommend this book.

I read an excerpt from this book in the sunday paper about 3 years ago, when the book first came out. I couldnt beleive this 16 year kid passed himself off as a pilot, and wrote bad cheques all over the...

Pros: Interesting, fun to read, sexy, fast paced.
Cons: maybe a little too fast paced

This is a really interesting and fun book for all ages. The fact that it's a true story makes it even better. This book explores the life of Frank William Abagnale Jr., who forged checks and posed as an airline pilot, doctor, lawyer and professor all...