King Con: The Bizarre Adventures of the Jazz Age's Greatest Impostor

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You might justifiably pick up King Con to travel back in time to the ultra-charming Jazz Age, but long after you ve been pulled into the vortex of this riveting and deliciously strange tale, what will stick with you is the sheer, astonishing audacity of Edgar Laplante s all-consuming, decade-plus-long grift. For fans seeking a personal touch, our special guests are on hand, ready to sign autographs and share insights into their creative worlds. In this extensively detailed biography, Willetts traces the brazen and bizarre life of Edgar Laplante, an early 20th century drifter and conman extraordinaire… he keeps the narrative alive with the colorful anecdotes from Laplante’s remarkable life.

There's Tommy "Two Times", dumb brother to the gangster, who has the nickname because he once killed a guy, only to have him sit up in the coroners office, alive, and Tommy had to kill him again. Paul Willetts's King Con takes readers on a rollicking ride a tale of false celebrity and ingenious cons by an inventive Jazz Age grifter that resonate across the decades to this particular moment in America with an unsettling relevance. Because this piece emphasises such an important event in our society, the limited edition is even more rare than other pieces. The ultimate Valentine's Day countdown - here are 10 romantic gestures to help sweep your partner off their feet!

This spurred me to arrange to see Laplante’s physical file, which provided the initial ingredients of an extremely strange story. What do you think drove Laplante to do what he did, and how did he manage to avoid imprisonment for so long? A minutely detailed study of a man who is enjoyable to read about, but whom no one with a full complement of senses would ever wish to encounter… The author pins down his egregious subject with crisp objectivity. The countess bankrolled a lavish trip through Italy that resulted in Edgar Laplante becoming a national star embraced by the Mussolini regime.

The count was finally caught in May 1935 in Manhattan, New York, after a tip-off when stacks of money, along with counterfeit plates, were found in a locker at a railway station.Edgar Laplante was a smalltime grifter, an erstwhile vaudeville performer, and an unabashed charmer. Our friends at Shockwaves Skullsessions were kind enough to ask me to participate in a discussion regarding "do it yourself" marketing, self run labels, indie bands and the state of the industry, etc.