Can I See Your I.D.?: True Stories of False Identities Tapa dura - 2011

de Chris Barton; Paul Hoppe (Illustrator)

True crime, desperation, fraud, and adventurethe impoverished young woman who enchantednineteenth-century British society as a faux Asianprincess, to the sixteen-year-old boy who "stole" asubway train in 1993, to the lonely but clever FrankAbagnale of Catch Me if You Can fame, these tenvignettes offer riveting insight into mind-blowingmasquerades. Graphic panels draw you into theexploits of these pretenders, and meticulouslyresearched details keep you on the edge of yourseat. Each scene is presented in the second person,a unique point of view that literally places youinside the faker's mind. With motivations thatinclude survival, delusion, and plain, old-fashionedgreed, the psychology of deception has never beenso fascinating or so close at hand.