The old man and the gun
Subtitle: and other tales of true crime
By: David Grann
Edition: First Vintage Books movie tie-in edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9780525566038
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Criminal psychology; Criminals; Murder; Criminal behavior; Case studies
Other titles: Old man & the gun
Description: Selection of the journalist's articles previously published in various periodicals.

Grann revels in telling stories that explore the nature of obsession. In these three cases, originally published in The devil and Sherlock Holmes, he profiles a bank robber and prison escape artist who, even in his seventies, refuses to retire ; a Polish detective looking for clues to an actual murder in a novelist's fiction; and a French imposter who assumes the identity of a missing boy from Texas. -- adapted from back cover.
Notes: These essays are taken from The devil and Sherlock Holmes, originally published in hardcover in the United States by Doubleday ... in 2010"--Title page verso.

"Now a major motion picture"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: The old man and the gun --; title: True crime --; title: The chameleon.