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The King of Sting: The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw |
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Sales Rank: 12263
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<B>A true crime story as riveting and exciting as <I>Blow</I> or <I>Catch Me If You Can</I>.</B>
Craig Glazer's story began in 1971 in a student apartment where, as a freshman at Arizona State University, he got ripped off trying to buy marijuana. Fueled by fantasies drawn from movies of the era like <I>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</I>, in which the hero was just on the edge of the law, Glazer decided to strike back at the dealers. With his partner, the streetwise Vietnam veteran Don Woodbeck, he orchestrated his first "sting," posing as local law enforcement. He walked away from that first sting with $50,000 and a high he couldn't get from any drug. So began Glazer's career as the King of Sting.
From Boston to Phoenix, Kansas City to Las Vegas, Glazer, Woodbeck, and their crew set up cons and raked in a fortune in cash and drugs, eventually becoming so successful that Glazer was hired as an undercover cop by the Kansas State Attorney General's office to help capture some of the most notorious criminals in the Midwest. The outlaw lifestyle began to take its toll, and one by one, the crew members got out while they still could. Glazer and Woodbeck headed to Hollywood, where they hooked up with an agent and tried to sell their remarkable story. But even with the glitz of Hollywood and the promise of a movie deal, they still weren't willing to give up the game. Woodbeck tried one last sting, a set-up that went horribly wrong and left him dead. Despite the danger, Glazer then attempted the ultimate sting in Los Angeles, all on his quest to become famous, even if meant becoming infamous.
My favorite crime book of alltime was The Godfather, after that I enjoyed several other crime books like "Catch Me If You Can" and "American Gangster"...The King of Sting is the best true crime book I have read in a couple decades..that bares repeating THE BEST IN A COUPLE DECADES..wow, I planned to read this over a week or so...I could not stop reading this book, finished it in two days...even left work early to keep reading.
The Glazer guy in my opinion, IS the most interesting 'outlaw' of our time..I relate to him as a normal guy cause in his shoes I might have done the same insane things he did...posing as lawmen,ripping off other hoods,becoming a real undercover agent,going to Hollywood to sell his story,getting back into stings, seeing his best friend and partner,Woodbeck killed, and that last sting,I could not believe it except for the writer proving it with court records....how did that miss being a national news story back then in the mid 80's...spy vs. spy...the guy even made prison pay off for him by landing a producing spot on the Ali movie Champions Forever...I will order that too...and he got that gig in prison...reads like a big time movie..for real....hope Hollywood is listening or reading...please turn this page turner into a movie before I die or better yet before Glazer does...from this book, he earned it...to sum up this was a huge suprise read for me, I got wind of it from a friend of mine who knew Glazer in Kansas City and told me to buy The King of Sting...I promise if you like crime, this is THE BOOK...
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