Ferdinand Waldo Demara is a brilliant and audacious young con artist, thriving on the thrill of deception. Untrained and uneducated, he takes on roles ranging from college professor and Trappist monk to Canadian Navy surgeon and prison warden. Relying on quick thinking, he stays ahead of the FBI, police, a priest, and several girlfriends-but for how long?
Ferdinand Waldo Demara is a brilliant and audacious young con artist, thriving on the thrill of deception. Untrained and uneducated, he takes on roles ranging from college professor and Trappist monk to Canadian Navy surgeon and prison warden. Relying on quick thinking, he stays ahead of the FBI, police, a priest, and several girlfriends-but for how long?
