The Pickpocket - A Short Story

In this award-winning short story, a professional pickpocket in Paris recollects the career he chose as a young man. He recalls his early training and some remarkable episodes in his professional life. He also reveals a nostalgia for an earlier era when even pickpockets showed greater respect for the quality of their craft.

This captivating story—after being rejected by numerous literary magazines in the U.S.—won first prize in a literary competition in France co-sponsored by Sorbonne Univer...