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Edition · 2021-01-21 · Softcover

Unusual Suspect

BMBen Machell
2021
year of publication
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pages
English (United States)
language
Softcover
cover
Publisher
canongate
ISBN-13
978-17-8689-797-8
EAN
9781786897978
Publication date
2021-01-21
Book
Unusual Suspect · 1 edition
The publisher on this edition

It is 2007, a time of recession and impending climate crisis, and one young man decides to change the world. Meet Stephen Jackley, a British geography student with Asperger''s Syndrome. Aged just twenty-one, obsessed with the idea of Robin Hood, and with no prior experience, he resolved to become a bank robber. He would steal from the rich and give to the poor. Jackley used disguise, elaborate escape routes and replica pistols to successfully hold up a string of banks, making away with thousands of pounds. He committed ten robberies in south-west England over a six-month period and bank notes marked with ''RH'' - ''Robin Hood'' - began finding their way into the hands of the homeless. The police, despite their concerted efforts, had no idea what was going on or who was responsible. That is until Jackley''s ambition got the better of him. This is his story.