Catch Me If You Can

Unabridged
Author: Frank W. Abagnale
Narrator: Barrett Whitener
Genres: True-Crime
Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks
Date: May 2001
Length: 8 hours, 30 minutes
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  • CD
Abridged
Author: Frank W. Abagnale , Stan Redding
Narrator: Michael Cerveris
Genres: Biographies, True-Crime
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date: December 2002
Length: 6 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 0/5
Formats:
  • CD

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Overview

Frank W. Abagnale, alias Frank Williams, Robert Conrad, Frank Adams, and Robert Monjo, was one of the most daring con men, forgers, imposters, and escape artists in history. In his brief but notorious criminal career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and copiloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as the supervising resident of a hospital, practiced law without a license, and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one.

Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty states as 'The Skywayman,' Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the lam -- until the law caught up with him. Now recognized as the nation's leading authority on financial foul play, Abagnale was a charming rogue whose hilarious, stranger-than-fiction international escapades, and ingenious escapes -- including one from an airplane -- make Catch Me If You Can an irresistible tale of deceit.

Selected Reviews

Can't believe this is true!

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Catch Me If You Can

by Shellee Martin
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Can't believe this is true!

Written by Anonymous on September 12th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Really interesting to hear this guy's life story. The book has some great scenes that were left out of the movie so it was definitely worth it.

Catch Me If You Can

Written by Shellee Martin from Carson City, NV on April 23rd, 2008

  • Book Rating: 4/5

WOW!! I talked about this book for months after I heard it. I didn't see the movie, but the book was engaging, interesting and unbelievable (but I believe he did all those things, and more!). I would highly recommend this book for long road trips - it'll keep you awake and involved, waiting to find out what happens next. My only complaint is they didn't have a bit at the end to tell how he finally got caught. Expect a feeling of "and then?!" when you're through.

Catch Me If You Can

Written by Anonymous on March 15th, 2008

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Fascinating and fully entertaining. Unbelievable to hear what this guy pulled off, and all while a teenager. I would read again and again. It made me watch the movie again, and pay much more close attention.

Good movie , great book.

Written by Rick White on August 30th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

The movie was good the book has more details and is a better entertainment, well performed, funny, a joy to listen to and share with friends , I look forward to more works by Mr.Abagnale.

catch je if you can

Written by Elizabeth Manuge from South Ohio RR 1, NS on June 28th, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

i really liked this book. its a wonderful true story, hard to believe a person like this young man could actually fool so many people for so long. he must have been quite charming. and after all his adventures, including the truly horrible time he spent in the french jail (how anyone could live in that state is awful to contemplate) to understand he is living today and working for the police force as a respectable and valuable employee. the movie was not exactly the same as the book but it made the story even better. i could listen to that one again and be just as fascinated.

Very entertaining

Written by Anonymous on April 21st, 2007

  • Book Rating: 5/5

I found this book very entertaining. Certainly kept me very alert during a very boring drive. I actually stayed in the car at the end of my destination to finish it off it was so good.

Enjoyable

Written by Anonymous on March 2nd, 2007

  • Book Rating: 4/5

Having already seen the movie, I knew the basic story behind this book. But as always with books that have been made into movies, the book had a lot more detail. It was a very enjoyable read... it was light and interesting and didn't require much effort to absorb. The author did a surprisingly good job considering he is not a professional writer. However, he did tend to use an almost annoying amount of cheesy similies throughout the book. He was dropping similies like a rampaging bull with a case of the trots. His similies were as abundant as stray cats around a tuna truck roll over. To come up with all of them, he must have been as busy as a one armed paper hanger. (You get the picture.) But that still didn't take away from the charm of the book overall.

Worth your while

Written by Anonymous on May 10th, 2006

  • Book Rating: 5/5

Well written and well read. A captivating look at a misguided genious in action.

Fast Paced and Fun!

Written by Renee from Medford, NY on November 8th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 4/5

This book was great! It was fun and makes you wish you were a criminal! Frank does things that you can't believe he would get away with. The only thing I didn't like was that the ending is very abrupt and sort of a cliff-hanger. Lucky for me, I own the movie and watched the interview with Frank in the special features so I do know what happened, it just wasn't in the book. The 8 CDs go very quickly with this fast paced story. It'll leave you wanting more adventure!

Catch Me If You Can

Written by Jeff Johnson on September 25th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 5/5

This book is a spellbinder. It is hard to believe that it is a true story. Hard to turn off. WIsh there was a sequel!

Selected Reviews

Can't believe this is true!

by Anonymous
  • Book Rating: 4/5

Catch Me If You Can

by Shellee Martin
  • Book Rating: 4/5

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Author Details

Author Details

Abagnale, Frank W.

A former professional impostor and the author of the bestselling memoir, Catch Me If You Can, Frank W. Abagnale is one of the world?s most respected authorities on the subjects of forgery and secure documents. A world-renowned consultant for more than twenty-five years, he lectures at the FBI?s Financial Crimes Unit and is a secure-document expert for the Standard Register Company and other high-security printers around the world.