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Author Konnikova, Maria, author.

Title The confidence game : why we fall for it... every time / Maria Konnikova.

Publication Info. New York : Viking, 2016.
©2016

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 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  364.163 KONNIKOVA    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  364.163 KONNIKOV    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  364.163 KONNIKOVA    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  364.16 KON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  364.16 KONNIKOVA    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  364.163 KON    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  364.163 K836    In Transit
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  364.163 KONNIKOVA    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  364.163 KON    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  364.163 KONNIKOVA    Check Shelf

Description x, 340 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [327]-330) and index.
Summary Explores the psyches, motives, and methods of con artists to reveal why they are consistently successful, identifying common hallmarks of cons to share additional insights into the relationship between artists and victims.
Contents The grifter and the mark -- The put-up -- The play -- The rope -- The tale -- The convincer -- The breakdown -- The send and the touch -- The blow-off and the fix -- The (real) oldest profession.
Subject Swindlers and swindling.
Fraud.
Criminal psychology.
Other Form: Online version: Konnikova, Maria, author. Confidence game New York : Viking, 2016 9780698170995 (DLC) 2015046713
ISBN 9780525427414 (hardcover)
0525427414 (hardcover)
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