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Smooth Talkin' Bastard
Smooth Talkin' Bastard
Smooth Talkin' Bastard
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Pat Clauson was a glib-talking Australian who relocated to the United States, determined to make his living screwing small-to-medium startup companies of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of dollars. He used his smooth talk, fictitious contacts with a British bank and Hong Kong law firm, and financial savvy to con the companies into giving him signature rights to their bank accounts, a monthly consulting fee that he collected for doing nothing of any constructive consequence, as well as hundreds of shares of their newly issued stock, which he promoted illegally to hike the share price so he could sell out, pocket a small fortune, then disappear like a bad dream to strike someplace else.

He got away with it until he crossed swords with a client's wife and his administrative assistant. The two women smelled a rat pretty early in his relationship with a growing aeronautic supply firm: the wife because of her worry about the financial security of her family, and the admin assistant because Pat couldn't keep his mind off her body. He got nailed by, of all people, the owner of a solid waste disposal company who had the kind of connections Pat had never encountered before. The lead character in Smooth Talkin' Bastard is actually based on a person known to the author. The real con artist died several years ago when he did a face plant in his soup during a meeting.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAuthorHouse
Release dateJul 8, 2015
ISBN9781504919708
Smooth Talkin' Bastard
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Donald A. Dery

Agnes C. Meeker, MBE is a sixth generation Antiguan on her Mother’s side, all of whom have been involved in the sugar industry. She takes great pride in her Caribbean island country and its rich history, and works tirelessly to preserve that history for future generations. She devoted more than 20 years of research to document the historical information contained in this volume about Antigua’s sugar plantations. Volume 1 was published in March 2017, and Volume 3 is scheduled for publication in 2019. She has been engaged with the Museum of Antigua & Barbuda for 20-plus years, and in 2016, was presented with the distinguished Member of the British Empire award by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace for founding Antigua’s St. John Hospice. Donald A. Dery is a former journalist and corporate communications executive, with international experience in Europe, Canada and Mexico as well as the United States. He is the author of two novels: Smooth Talkin’ Bastard and It’s Not Easy, and is working on his third. He and his wife, Rowena, reside in Newport, RI and Antigua, WI.

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