To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman.
The Grifters , one of the best novels ever written about the art of the con, is an ingeniously crafted story of deception and betrayal that was the basis for Stephen Frears\' and Martin Scorsese\'s critically-acclaimed film of the same name..
For years, Roy has effortlessly maintained control over his house-of-cards life -- until the simplest con goes wrong, and he finds himself critically injured and at the mercy of the most dangerous woman he ever met: his own mother.
Yet, hidden behind three gaudy clown paintings in Roy\'s pallid hotel room, sits fifty-two thousand dollars -- the money Roy makes from his short cons, his grifting.
He has hundreds of friends and associates who could attest to his good character.
He goes to work every day.
He lives in a cheap hotel just within his pay bracket.
To his friends, to his coworkers, and even to his mistress Moira, Roy Dillon is an honest hardworking salesman
