Dean Jobb.
DEAN JOBB: ARTHUR BARRY BIOGRAPHY
A GENTLEMAN AND A THIEF: THE DARING JEWEL HEISTS OF A JAZZ AGE ROGUE (2024)
The extraordinary story of Arthur Barry - the 1920s American jewel thief who slipped in and out of bedrooms while his wealthy victims slept. His thefts of pearls and diamonds had a value, in today’s terms, of over $50 million. His wife became suspected for some of these crimes, and Barry gallantly confessed to protect his wife. This led to a 25 year prison term. In a further twist he dramatically broke out of prison to spend time - on the run - with his wife, who had become seriously ill.
The New York Times described the book as: "Delectably entertaining ... vividly recounts the life and times of the notorious criminal -- and tabloid fixture -- Arthur Barry. ...Jobb, whose fondness for cold chapter-opens matches that of Law & Order's writers, seems incapable of penning a dull moment." The Washingto Post wrote: "The chapters are short, the energy propulsive, the research prodigious."
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Dean Jobb is a Canadian writer on true crime. He was formerly an editor, reporter and columnist at the Haliface Chronicle Herald. He has won the Atlantic Journalism Award three times, and currently teaches in the Creative Non Fiction programme at the University of King’s College, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
