The Man in the Rockefeller Suit: The Astonishing Rise and Spectacular Fall of a Serial Impostor

Areal-lifeTalentedMr.Ripley,theunbelievablethirty-yearrunofashape-shiftingconman.ThestoryofClarkRockefellerisastranger-than-fictiontwistontheclassicAmericansuccessstoryoftheself-mademan-becauseClarkRockefellerwastotallymadeup.ThecareerconmanwhoconvincinglypassedhimselfoffasRockefellerwasborninasmallvillageinGermany.Atseventeen,obsessedwithgettingtoAmerica,heflewintothecountryondubiousstudentvisadocumentsandhisjourneyofdeceptionbegan.Overthenextthirtyyears,boldlyassumingaseriesoffalseidentities,hemovedupthesocialladderthroughexclusiveenclavesonbothcoasts-culminatinginastunningtwelve-yearmarriagetoarisingstarbusinesswomanwithaHarvardMBAwhobelievedshe'dwedaRockefeller.Theimpostercharmedhiswayintoexclusiveclubsandfinancialinstitutions-workingonWallStreet,showingoffanextraordinaryartcollection-untilhismarriageendedandhewasarrestedforkidnappinghisdaughter,whichexposedhispastofastoundingdeceptionsaswellasaconnectiontothebizarredisappearanceofaCaliforniacoupleinthemid-1980s.ThestoryofTheManintheRockefellerSuitisaprobingandcinematicexplorationofanaudaciousimposer-andamandeterminedtolivetheAmericandreambyanymeansnecessary.