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Title: Finders Keepers: The Story of a Man Who Found $1 Million by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0-87113-859-X Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Losers, are Always Weepers
Comment: Written like a fiction novel, Bowden tells the true story of an instant financial windfall of $1.2 million for Joey Coyle an unemployed, drug dependant, loser with nothing going for him and the IQ of a rock. Joey, depressed after his drug dealer wasn't home spots a yellow container on the side of the road which he thinks would make a good tool box. Looking inside he discovers two bags with reserve bank written on them. Not really caring that this money obviously belongs to someone he quickly puts the bags in his friend's car and they drive away.
This book tells what Joey does with the money in the seven days it takes the authorities to work out he took it and capture him. It is a crime in Philadelphia not to try and return something found with a value over $250. His big plans and how absolutely terrified he gets when he realises the mob is not around just to help you change hundred dollar notes into smaller currency are examined in detail. You'll be amazed at just how stupid this guy is. Also the stupidity of Purolator Armored Car Company and their drivers who lost the money of the back of the truck in the first place.
What would you do if you found 1.2 million? To be honest I would keep it but I sure wouldn't be as stupid as Joey. This is an extremely interesting book. I never heard of the actual story before so I have no idea how accurate this book portrays events but I thoroughly enjoyed it. It does drag on a bit with the trial and epilogue at the end which could have been summed up with a lot less paragraphs. Apart from that though, I was addicted and wanted to know the outcome. Highly recommended!
Rating: 1
Summary: Not a lot of substance to this book
Comment: I bought this book after reading a complimentary review online. Unfortunately, this book proved to be a very bland, unentertaining read about an unintelligent, vanilla main character who doesn't even give himself a chance to keep the money that he found.
Nothing spectacular really happens in the book; in fact, this probably would have been a better feature article for a second-tier major newspaper.
I found the characters very difficult to follow, much less get interested in. I do not recommend this book at all.
Rating: 3
Summary: not really that great
Comment: This book is the worst of the 4 Bowden books I've read. It's mildly entertaining and much too short. It seems like there really wasn't enough of a story to turn it into a book. If you want something short to read it's alright I guess.
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Title: Doctor Dealer: The Rise and Fall of an All-American Boy and His Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Empire by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0802137571 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0142000957 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: 02 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Bringing the Heat by Mark Bowden ISBN: 0871137720 Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Down by the River : Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family by Charles Bowden ISBN: 0684853434 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: 29 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.00 |
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Title: Heist! The 17 Million Loomis Fargo Theft by Jeff Diamant ISBN: 0895872528 Publisher: John F Blair Pub Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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