The 52-in-52 book challenge is going great, despite my best efforts to keep busy with other things (see: learning japanese, moving to a frickin fantastic apartment). Em & I took a road trip up to Chattanooga to see Ani Difranco & Erin McKeown in a tiny venue, and I brought along my nook. Much to Emily’s dismay, I could hardly put this book down.

I first read about this diamond heist in a Wired article*, and when I saw the ebook on sale at barnes & noble, I had to read it. The story is fascinating, and this “true crime” book is really well written. It tells the story of the “biggest diamond heist in history”, masterminded by Leonardo Notarbartolo. The book never slows, and is filled with interesting tidbits about the diamond industry and history.

336 pages
5/5

*Flawless-the-book calls out the Wired article as being mostly made up by Notarbartolo, so it could be made into a movie, and he would have some legitimate income behind which to hide his robbery profits.

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