If you liked the movie version of this semi-autographical breeze of a read, you certainly will enjoy Frank Abagnale Jr's madcap recap of a scant few years of his life starting when he was barely sixteen.  Endowed at an early age with a power physique and an attitude to match, Frank has no difficulty in getting people, especially "foxy" women to believe that he is ten years older.  He blames his short life of crime on a perpetual case of spring fever-where ample loads of cash are needed to fuel this heavenly fire.  A modern day P.T. Barnum, Frank gives his audience what they crave, cashing bogus checks that he becomes more adept at making as time goes on, while embarking on a spree of impersonations that range from doctor, lawyer, airplane co-pilot to university professor.  Even with the full knowledge that crime doesn't pay, the reader cannot help but cheer Frank on as he "dead-heads" his way across the country and eventually around the world.  As his descriptions of his stay in a French prison makes you wonder if any of this free-loading was worthwhile, we commiserate with his dread of being prosecuted by every country in Europe and are pleased when he finally serves his time in the US and actually escapes.  Unlike the movie, the book devotes little time to the FBI agent who shares the cinematic spotlight or to the actual dynamics of Frank's family life.  In fact, only in the book's afterward is Abagnale's actual present day career of check-fraud expert even mentioned.