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Catch me if you can

If you had been following my vox blog, you would have known that i started reading the book "Catch me if you can" by Frank Abagnale... The book was damn good!!!! Never knew that any book can be so interesting after seeing the movie tons of times. Anyway, this was a real page turner. I lost quite a good amount of sleep, though i consider it a rare commodity.

As usual, the book is quite different from the movie. Now i am unsure as to whether the book is the real true story or the movie.

Am still awestruck by the many qualities of this guy!!! He paid attention to simple details such as deposit slips which we would not have even bothered giving a second glance. HUH!!!!

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