![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The son took half of the advice: He became a burglar and a cardsharp as well.Ĭomfort perfected his craft the way many young professionals do, through trial and error. The elder Comfort acquired his ample income by gambling (son Bobby was not reared in poverty) and later tried to convince his teenager not to rob but to become a "card mechanic," also known as a cheat. It didn`t take the youngster long to begin peeling off a 10-spot for himself. She would ask him to sneak into his father's room while he was sound asleep and take a few bills from the wad stashed under his pillow. "The Man Who Robbed The Pierre" is about how society tries, often vainly, to deal with its persistently wayward members.Ĭomfort learned to steal at his mother's knee before the age of 10. It is not simply a profile of the shadowy world of a professional criminal, however. Ira Berkow, a New York Times sports writer, has written a delectable book about a thief that`s full of drama and tension, more exciting than most fictional thrillers. Comfort frequently was gone for long stretches. His Fairport, N.Y., suburban neighbors took him for a family man who worked, they surmised, as a traveling salesman. ![]() He was intelligent, quick-witted, affable and cool under fire. ![]()
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