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My heart laid bare

The patriarch of the Licht family, Abraham has raised a brood of talented con artists, children molded in his image, and experts in The Game, his calling and philosophy of life. Traveling from one small town to the next across the continent, from the Northeast to the frontier West, they skillfully swindle unsuspecting victims, playing on their greed, lust, pride, and small-mindedness. Despite their success, Abraham cannot banish a past that haunts him: the ghost of his ancestor Sarah Licht, a former con woman who met with a gruesome fate. As Abraham involves his family in more and more complex and impressive schemes, he finds himself caught between the specter of Sarah and the growing terrors of his present. While his carefully crafted lies and schemes begin to fracture and disintegrate before his eyes, Abraham discovers that the bond of family is as tenuous and treacherous as the tricks he perpetrates upon unsuspecting strangers.

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  • "En 1891, à Muirkirk en Nouvelle-Angleterre, Abraham Licht a élevé ses enfants de façon à pouvoir les envoyer dans le monde pour soulager les gens riches de leur argent. Ses enfants sont devenus de parfaits filous mais justement, les ordres du papa n'auront des effets que provisoires puisqu'ils laisseront tomber un à un leur respectable père."
  • "The patriarch of the Licht family, Abraham has raised a brood of talented con artists, children molded in his image, and experts in The Game, his calling and philosophy of life. Traveling from one small town to the next across the continent, from the Northeast to the frontier West, they skillfully swindle unsuspecting victims, playing on their greed, lust, pride, and small-mindedness. Despite their success, Abraham cannot banish a past that haunts him: the ghost of his ancestor Sarah Licht, a former con woman who met with a gruesome fate. As Abraham involves his family in more and more complex and impressive schemes, he finds himself caught between the specter of Sarah and the growing terrors of his present. While his carefully crafted lies and schemes begin to fracture and disintegrate before his eyes, Abraham discovers that the bond of family is as tenuous and treacherous as the tricks he perpetrates upon unsuspecting strangers."@en
  • "A novel on a family of swindlers, following several generations of men and women as they exploit human greed, love, or just plain gullibility, all in the name of the game. Occasionally, they help things along with a murder."@en
  • "A novel on a family of swindlers, following several generations of men and women as they exploit human greed, love, or just plain gullibility, all in the name of the game. Occasionally, they help things along with a murder."

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  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Epic fiction"
  • "Epic fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"

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  • "Mon coeur mis a nu : roman"
  • "My heart laid bare"@en
  • "My heart laid bare"
  • "My Heart Laid Bare [a novel]"@en
  • "Mon coeur mis à nu"
  • "Ispovedʹ moego serdt︠s︡a : roman"
  • "Mon coeur mis à nu : roman"

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