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That real life often outdoes fiction is no longer surprising, but when a true story is brilliantly told, it's a discovery worth shouting about. Flawless will leave you gasping as the authors gradually peel back the covers on one of the most audacious acts of high stakes mischief in the history of thievery. --Lee Gruenfeld, co-author of Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief
The diamond business is full of secrets and here is an especially dazzling one. Selby and Campbell take us into the minds of top-drawer jewel thieves who view every lock as a challenge, every cop as a fool and everyone else s diamonds as their own birthright. Handle with discretion you might be up all night reading. --Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone and Uranium
The first must-be-read-with-popcorn book ever. Selby and Campbell s propulsive and cinematic narrative shimmers with truth, hubris, and knowing details. I loved it. --Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author of Starvation Heights
The diamond business is full of secrets and here is an especially dazzling one. Selby and Campbell take us into the minds of top-drawer jewel thieves who view every lock as a challenge, every cop as a fool and everyone else s diamonds as their own birthright. Handle with discretion you might be up all night reading. --Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone and Uranium
The first must-be-read-with-popcorn book ever. Selby and Campbell s propulsive and cinematic narrative shimmers with truth, hubris, and knowing details. I loved it. --Gregg Olsen, New York Times bestselling author of Starvation Heights
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On February 15, 2003, a group of thieves broke into an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp, Belgium and made off with over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds and other valuables. They did so without tripping an alarm or injuring a single guard in the process. Although the crime was perfect, the getaway was not. The police zeroed in on a band of professional thieves fronted by Leonardo Notarbartolo, a dapper Italian who had rented an office in the Diamond Center and clandestinely cased its vault for over two years. The who of the crime had been answered, but the how remained largely a mystery. Scott Andrew Selby, a Harvard Law graduate and diamond expert and Greg Campbell, author of Blood Diamonds, undertook a global goose chase to uncover the true story behind the daring heist.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Research, as many writers have found to their cost, can be as dull as ditchwater; the trick then is to cobble it together to make a readable story. No problems with Messrs Selby & Campbell, there - their account of the raid on the Antwerp Diamond Centre in 2003 where a gang known as `The School of Turin' appropriated diamonds, other precious gems and cash, worth anything up to $½ billion, is masterly.
The writers' style has the reader literally on the edge of his or her seat; and like many criminals who possess iron discipline when a crime is in progress, they describe how the discipline evaporated once the prize had been gained and of how the gang left a rich picking of clues which brought about their downfall.
It begs the question: does crime pay? That's a matter for the individual reader who, I guarantee is going to be swept along by the prose. Read the book - you won't be disappointed.
The writers' style has the reader literally on the edge of his or her seat; and like many criminals who possess iron discipline when a crime is in progress, they describe how the discipline evaporated once the prize had been gained and of how the gang left a rich picking of clues which brought about their downfall.
It begs the question: does crime pay? That's a matter for the individual reader who, I guarantee is going to be swept along by the prose. Read the book - you won't be disappointed.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book after listening to the author discussing it on the radio, unfortunately he is more eloquent and exciting when talking than writing. The book isn't bad, but really the story can be broken down into 5min worth of chat and once you know the key points, there isn't very much more that the book adds.
The actual story is good, but would be better if you don't know the end, and if the action was not held up for the odd (but thankfully not too many) paragraph sections of filler - and some of these are actually interesting i.e. diamond history, de beers etc.
I think that I had too high hopes....
The actual story is good, but would be better if you don't know the end, and if the action was not held up for the odd (but thankfully not too many) paragraph sections of filler - and some of these are actually interesting i.e. diamond history, de beers etc.
I think that I had too high hopes....
Format:Hardcover
Fascinating read about the inner workings of the Antwerp diamond industry and one of the largest diamond heists in history.
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