The King of Sting
The Amazing True Story of a Modern American Outlaw
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Publisher Description
Craig Glazer was an ordinary college student when he planned and successfully executed his first fake sting to get back at some drug dealers who had robbed him. The rush he got from the experience led him and a crew of 11 accomplices to mastermind a two-year, 33-sting spree that stretched coast to coast, posing as everything from local police to IRS agents and hotel managers. Glazer and Donald Woodbeck, his partner in crime, sniffed out some of the most sought-after drug lords in the country for the FBI and DEA like bloodhounds. For a while, the plan worked—until Craig's world came crashing down.
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In Glazer's boisterous but strangely captivating debut, this average college drop-out from the Midwest introduces readers to his crew, a gang of young adults who get by-and get off-on stealing from unsavory characters by impersonating law enforcement. The story focuses on Glazer and his fearless sidekick, Woodbeck, over two years, as they travel the country outwitting both the crooks and the law, often at the same time. Would-be rough and tumble villains high on their own bravura, Woodbeck becomes more menacing and dangerous while Glazer continues to indulge his fantasy that their risky plots are more like Hollywood make-believe than organized crime. The tragic end-game, of course, brings Glazer crashing back to back to earth, but he pushes the Robin Hood narrative to a delusional degree. Though daring and difficult to look away from, Glazer is like a card shark showing us his crooked hand, then trying to convince us (and himself) that he was playing it straight all along. 16 pgs b&w photos
