Since Andreas Schroeder has been a regular contributor to CBC-Radios Basic Black entertaining listeners with outrageous and always very funny tales of daring scams and rip-offs In Scams Scandals and Skulduggery he collected seventeen of the stories that received the greatest listener responseNow in Cheats Charlatans and Chicanery he has done it again collecting another seventeen of his best tales of knavish frauds and thefts carried out by ingenious and often lovable roguesStories IncludeGetting Naked for Big Bucks How a bevy of disgruntled writers got together to pen a steamy bestseller called Naked Came the StrangerThe Man Who Bought Portugal How Alves Reis planned to take over the Bank of Portugal with its own moneyStuff and Nonsense at the Ends of the Earth How explorers Peary Cook and Byrd bluffed their way into the history booksImpersonating Roger How butchers son Arthur Orton became an unlikely celebrity in Victorian England as The Tichborne ClaimantOnce again Andreas Schroeder tells his wonderfully wicked tales with the sly and deadpan humour that his many fans will recognize and that new readers are sure to enjoy.
