Geoffrey O'Brien
Biographic Data
| ID | 4568065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Geoffrey O'Brien |
| GIVEN NAMES | Geoffrey |
| FAMILY NAME | O'Brien |
| SIGNATURE | BRIEN G O |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Nation of Grifters, Fixers, and Marks
A Nation of Grifters, Fixers, and Marks:David Maurer's The Big Con Geoffrey O'Brien (bio) confidence games start small. abbott says to costello: "i'm in a hurry, give me two tens for a five." From elements of such amoeba-like simplicity, such little tricks of distraction, come the full-scale epics of deception—extended theatrical productions with large supporting casts—that are the subject of David W. Maurer's 1940 study, The Big Con. But even th…
Difficulty of Being
Reminiscences by one of the seminal figures in 20th century literature and art, including sketches of Proust, Picasso, Gide and Nijinsky. By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century and worked with the foremost artists of his time
The Back Country
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The Back Country
Difficulty of Being
Reminiscences by one of the seminal figures in 20th century literature and art, including sketches of Proust, Picasso, Gide and Nijinsky. By the time he published The Difficulty of Being in 1947, Cocteau had produced some of the most respected films and literature of the twentieth century and worked with the foremost artists of his time
A Nation of Grifters, Fixers, and Marks
A Nation of Grifters, Fixers, and Marks:David Maurer's The Big Con Geoffrey O'Brien (bio) confidence games start small. abbott says to costello: "i'm in a hurry, give me two tens for a five." From elements of such amoeba-like simplicity, such little tricks of distraction, come the full-scale epics of deception—extended theatrical productions with large supporting casts—that are the subject of David W. Maurer's 1940 study, The Big Con. But even th…
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