A biography of an infamous swindler and moral Houdini, Arthur Samuels "Duke" Wolff. Wolff's life of deception is documented by perhaps the only person he could not con - his son. The author has also written four novels, including "Providence" and "The Final Club".
Geoffrey Wolff was born in Los Angeles in 1937. In addition to his biography of Harry Crosby, Black Sun (1976), he is the author of four novels: Bad Debts (1969), The Sightseer (1974), Inklings (1978) and, most recently, Providence (1986). Mr Wolff lives in Jamestown, Rhode Island.
