![]() His back story was great and for a plot-based story, he actually developed plenty over the course of the book. It’s not rolling-on-the-floor funny, but the narrative is witty and sharp and I really liked Will as an MC. I had to suspend my disbelief on a number of occasions, but no more so than in Ocean’s Eleven or pretty much any action film ever made, and there was also a nice revelation at the end that even a seasoned twist-spotter like me didn’t see coming. The book doesn’t really go in for introspection and ponderings on the nature of the universe, but that was just fine by me because I was well in the mood for a snappy, fun read and this definitely fit the bill. The pace is pretty breakneck - there are plenty of twists and turns, bluffs, double-bluffs, betrayal and revenge. ![]() I’m not sure if the author intended this to be a re-write or if this is just a coincidence, but either way Con Academy is funny and exciting enough in its own right (sadly, though, there’s no Ruprecht). The first of them to con the mark out of $50,000 gets to stay. There were a number of parallels between Con Academy and the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels: two con artists, one who’s the old hand and one who’s the new kid on the block, decide that this town ain’t big enough for the both of them and strike up a wager. They quickly realise that the school is only big enough for one grifter and settle on a bet: the first to con the school’s obnoxious, meathead bully out of $50,000 gets to stay. Will has conned his way into the school and he thinks his cover story is pretty safe until another student - also a con artist - confronts him. A scholarship student, he was offered a place at Connaughton after his missionary parents were killed flying medicine to orphans in the Marshall Islands. ![]() This review was originally posted on Book Blog BirdĬonnaughton Academy is one of the top private schools in America and Will Shea is the new boy in school.
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