{"product_id":"a-man-of-good-abilities-9780571304325","title":"A Man of Good Abilities","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tony Parker\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Faber Finds\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Faber Finds\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Criminology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1967, \"A Man of Good Abilities\" was Tony Parker's fifth book, and told the story of 65 year-old 'Norman Edwards', a compulsive swindler-embezzler for his whole adult life, one punctuated by numerous ineffective terms of imprisonment. Using journals, letters, and interview transcripts Parker drew a finessing portrait of a man and a seemingly intractable problem that he posed to society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Tony Parker is a remarkably skilled and compassionate exponent of the documentary technique that he uses to illumine human character; with him, tape-recorded conversations are the stuff of art, not of mere photography.' \"New Society\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'In his books the strength lies in the interpretive mind of the writer... He is a sociologist studying single cases in some depth and shows qualities of imagination shared by the historian and the biographer - a mixture of intelligence, sympathy and empathy.' \"TLS\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber Finds","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780673585303,"sku":"9780571304325","price":2031.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780571304325.webp?v=1778047103","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/a-man-of-good-abilities-9780571304325","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}