This would be a great non-fiction white collar read... if any of it actually happened.

I devoured this book and naturally fell down a rabbit hole of personal research into Frank Abagnale after the fact. As an avid true crime fan I was astounded that more true crime podcasts and youtube channels weren't talking about this outrageous conman.

What I discovered is that all of Frank's "escapades" have since been debunked.

We have, in fact, been conned by the conman once again.

Researchers have discovered that much of Frank's supposed crimes could not have taken place as he was actually in jail between the ages of 16 to 21 at the times he states throughout his book for other, much more boring, run of the mill petty crimes.

If this were reclassified as fiction, it would be great.

As it stands, the classification as non-fiction is entirely inappropriate and therefore, hugely disappointing.