Son of a Grifter e-bog
58,95 DKK
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In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never tolduntil now. Kent Walker...
E-bog
58,95 DKK
Forlag
HarperCollins e-books
Udgivet
13 oktober 2009
Længde
528 sider
Genrer
Biography: general
Sprog
English
Format
epub
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9780061752506
In 1988 a troubled young man and his flamboyant mother were arrested for murdering a wealthy widow in her New York City mansion. Suddenly, America was transfixed by a pair of real-life film noir characters. The media couldn't get enough of the twisted relationship between Sante Kimes and her twenty-three-year-old son Kenny. But the most chilling story of all was never tolduntil now. Kent Walker, Sante's elder son, reveals how he survived forty years of "e;the Dragon Lady's"e; very special brand of motherly love and still managed to get away. As a child Kent watched his mother destroy his hardworking father, Ed Walker, and thenwith Kent's painful collusionsnare what Sante called "e;my millionaire."e; When she married seemingly respectable real-estate developer Ken Kimes, it was a match made in hell. For the next two decades Kent's mother and stepfather indulged in a globetrotting orgy of criminal behaviour.Kent, their would-be recruit, was privy to the family businesstorching houses, defrauding friends, crashing White When Kent's half-brother, Kenny was born, Kent was twelve years oldold enough to know that he was his younger sibling's only protector. Kent tried desperately to save Kenny from his mother's sinister bidding. His failure haunts him to this day.