Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America
by Walker, Kent with Mark Schone
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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Synopsis
In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never told — until now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "the Dragon Lady's" very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away. As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and then — with Kent's painful collusion — snare what Sante called "my millionaire." When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell. For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behaviour.Kent, their would-be recruit, was privy to the family business — torching houses, defrauding friends, crashing White When Kent's half-brother, Kenny was born, Kent was twelve years old — old enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector. Kent tried desperately to save Kenny from his mother's sinister bidding. His failure haunts him to this day.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008938
- Title
- Son of a Grifter: The Twisted Tale of Sante and Kenny Kimes, the Most Notorious Con Artists in America
- Author
- Walker, Kent with Mark Schone
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- First American Edition
- Publisher
- William Morrow
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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- Modern First Editions;
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