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May 28, 2015 koretz was a master swindler in 1920s chicago and is the subject of empire of deception by dean jobb. Jonathan eig, new york times bestselling author of get capone. Journalist dean jobb traces the fascinating history of koretzs con, quoting from primary sources in such a way that the story reads closer to a novel than a historical report. In a story thats begging to be turned into a mad men esque prestige drama, empire of deception follows koretzs fraud from beginning to end. Dean joins rick in the studio to talk about why he chose to tell swindler leo koretzs story in this stunning book.
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