Finalist for the Mark Lynton History Prize * Winner of the Plutarch Award * Winner of the Jhalak Prize * Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award in Historical Nonfiction

Reading Anansi's Gold is like watching a heist movie . . . all about improvisation, unforced error, unlikely escape.

Dan Piepenbring, Harper's

An enthralling rags-to-stolen-riches story, a thrilling true-crime caper, and a sharp indictment of a world that allows scammers like Blay-Miezah to thrive.

TIME

Riveting.

New York Times Book Review

Skillfully interweaves archival material, F.B.I. records, and interviews to recount the saga of [a] con man's career, and to reflect on how lies can be leveraged in the creation of national histories.

The New Yorker

[T]his little-known story unfolds like Catch Me if You Can.

The Washington Post