At seventeen, Ezra Green doesn't have a lot going for him: he's shorter than average, snaggle-toothed, internet-addicted, and halfway to being legally blind. He's also on his way to Last Chance Camp, the final stop before juvie. But Ezra's summer at Last Chance turns life-changing when he meets Orson, brilliant and Adonis-like with a mind for hustling. Together, the two embark upon what promises to be a fruitful career of scam artistry. But when they try to pull off their biggest scam yet, things start to spin wildly out of control.
Like most great capers, Confidence begins with a scrappy underdog down on his luck ... Dark and cutting humor ... Confidence is a propulsive, cheeky, eat-the-rich page-turner to satisfy the craving for a well-crafted caper.
Ezra is a clever narrator, brought to life by Frumkin in a knowing and well-paced first-person that gives Confidence the propulsive thrum of a tell-all.
Frumkin is superb at dissecting all manner of malfeasance and corruption ... In a world where well-heeled heels are arrested for cryptocurrency scams, squillionaires gleefully trash their own vanity projects and masters of the universe disgrace themselves over and over, Confidence’s arrival is beyond timely.
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