Tag: Apollo Robbins

  • Pickpocket to the Stars

    Just came across an article in the New Yorker about Apollo Robbins, a entertainer with preternatural pickpocketing skills. (His getting the better of Penn Jillette is recounted.) One of my characters, Michael, is a grifter, who is especially good with his hands. Alas, I am not, therefore, stories like those of Apollo Robbins’ are ever helpful in making…