Book description
Elliot Castro was a gifted outsider, a working-class kid with ambitions
who wanted to live the high life but lacked the money to do so. Until,
at the tender age of sixteen, he worked out how to use the credit card
system to his advantage. Identifying the banks' security weaknesses,
utilising his intelligence and charm, Elliot embarked on a massive
spending spree. From London to New York, Ibiza to Beverly Hills, he
lived the fantasy life, staying in famous hotels, flying first class,
blowing a fortune on designer clothes. Time and time again Elliot
managed to wriggle free of the numerous authorities who were on his
tail, while his life spiralled out of control. Meanwhile, from a police
station at Heathrow, a detective was patiently tracking him down . . .
With a likeable hero, filled with humour and as fast-paced as a
thriller, Other People's Money is crime writing at its best. 'A
fascinating and illuminating story' Irvine Welsh 'Exhilarating Brit
variation on Catch Me if You Can, which never misses an opportunity to
up the sweaty-palmed suspense' Arena Neil Forsyth is a freelance
journalist who has written for
Maxim
, FHM
, the Scotsman
and Scotland on Sunday
. Elliot Castro is now a DJ.
