Winner of the Jhalak Prize &Plutarch Award A New York Times, New Yorker, Washington Post, Newsweek, TIME Book of the Year 2023-Fabulously entertaining- Daily Telegraph -Perfect for fans of Frank Abignale Jr.-s Catch Me If You Can- Publishers WeeklyThe astounding, never-before-told story of how an ingenious Ghanaian con artist ran one of the 20th century-s longest and most audacious frauds.When Ghana declared independence from Britain in 1957, it immediately became a target for opportunists determined to lay hold of whatever assets colonialism hadn-t already stripped. The military ousted the new nation-s first president, Kwame Nkrumah, then falsely accused him of stealing the country-s gold and hiding it overseas.Into this story stepped one of history-s most charismatic scammers, John Ackah Blay-Miezah - a con man to rival the trickster god Anansi. Born into poverty, Blay-Miezah declared himse
