The Mitt Man (Hardcover)

The Mitt Man begins with the picaresque tale of a small-time New Orleans hustler named King Fish. This man is better at preaching than picking pockets, but it is getting caught trying to lift the wallet of a wealthy white man that sets him on the path to his destiny -- a complex road that eventually leads him from the pulpit to the penitentiary. Once in jail, King Fish meets a brash young slickster from New York named Jimmie Lamar, and together they devise a sneaky swindle of the highest proportions.