Ian Sansom

Conning the booktrade connoisseurs

Fuelled by loathing and resentment, Thomas James Wise set about defrauding as many privileged bibliophiles as he could – only to be rumbled by two of their number

Thomas James Wise. [Alamy]

  • The Book Forger: The True Story of a Literary Crime that Fooled the World

    Joseph Hone

    Chatto, pp. 336, £22

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