Famous Writers I Have Known: A Novel

"When one of his scams goes seriously amiss, not-very-successful con artist Frankie Abandonato goes on the run from the Mafia. A chance encounter gives him the perfect disguise: pretending to be reclusive novelist V.S. Mohle, who has agreed to teach a course to a hand-picked group of young writers at the University of Texas. Only trouble is, Frankie is neither a writer nor much of a reader. And he has to deal with former literary wunderkind and wealthy philanthropist Rex Schoeninger, who had a very public falling-out with Mohle years ago. Think Donald Westlake, another master of humorous caper novels."