Table of Contents
Dramatis Personae ix
Introduction xiii
1 The Planning, Stage 1: "Bags of Money" 1
2 Origins: "A Benefit to the Neighborhood" 11
3 The Kidnapping: "You Are His God Now" 20
4 No. 330: Baking Powder: "Their Difficulties Are Well Known" 28
5 The Planning, Stage 2: "One Good Ton Deserves Another" 42
6 No. 331: "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 48
7 The Heist, Part I: "Ramshackle or Abandoned Mansions" 57
8 No. 333: The Canavans, Bellow, and the Duke 61
9 The Heist, Part II: "Say a Word, and It Spits" 67
10 No. 334: Adrenaline and "Sakura, Sakura" 72
11 The Getaway: Bennie Loses a Leg 87
12 No. 334, Continued: "Four Out of Five Have It" 95
13 The Hunt: "A Motion Picture Director's Dream" 99
14 No. 335: "More Potent for Evil" 113
15 The Gang Disintegrates: "I Lived High, Wide, and Handsome" 122
16 No. 336: Rubber and Clay 131
17 Breakthrough 137
18 No. 337: Miss Havisham's House: "Freedom Was Mine" 153
19 Farewells 168
20 The Fates of Townhouses: "Life Is Particularly Difficult" 178
Chronology 194
Acknowledgments 197
A Note on Sources 200
Bibliography 203