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Award Winning Feature Film: In 2018 a major motion picture based on the Transylvania Book Heist and directed by Bart Layton and starring big-name actors including Evan Peters, Blake Jenner, and Ann Dowd was released. It holds an 88% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes where the critical consensus reads, ""American Animals tangles with a number of weighty themes, but never at the expense of delivering a queasily compelling true crime thriller."" Media coverage for the film was widespread from NPR to Megyn Kelly Today, Vanity Fair, People and many more.From Inside the Heist: American Animals was written by one of the four young robbers, Eric Borsuk, with a paper and pencil during the 7 years that he was in prison. It includes socially relevant themes from dangerous male friendships to toxic masculinity and privilege while providing an artfully told and exciting account of someone who got in too deep. Eric is a reformed convict who has dedicated his career to prison reform as he works with The Marshall Project in California.True Crime Lovers: Millions of true crime enthusiasts will be rushing to read what The Times of London called ""one of the biggest art heists in FBI history"".

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One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st-century annals. -The Hollywood Reporter A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded-except for one mistake. -Vanity Fair A tragicomedy of errors. -Salon They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. They are almost right. -The Guardian One of the biggest art heists in FBI history. -The Times of London True crime heist tales almost inevitably include an idea that is simultaneously brilliant, crazy, and idiotic, and American Animals is no different. What makes this memoir so entertaining and unusual is that one of the college student knuckleheads involved in this fine art robbery also happens to be a gifted writer. Borsuk's coming of age confession is funny, fast-paced, and highly believable. --Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs Eric Borsuk writes beautifully, inhabiting the fertile and scattered minds of these young college students with a style that is both raw and brutally self-aware. The streamlined writing fuels an explosive plotline, and the result is a fine book that is spare and literary while also compulsively readable. A literary page-turner! --Stephen Elliot, bestselling author of The Adderall Diaries It's an oft-told tale - a group of stoner college friends pull off the daring daytime heist of a rare book library and trigger a transcontinental caper involving the FBI, Christie's auction house and dirtball Dutchmen - but in Eric Borsuk's hands, it's like we're hearing it all for the first time. In all seriousness, Borsuk is a damn fine writer, and he has penned an utterly unique coming-of-age memoir, one that is alternately poignant and hilarious but uniformly brilliant. I can't wait to read the next installment of his life story - one that hopefully doesn't involve another lengthy prison sentence. --Scott Anderson, bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia A burningly vibrant, beautifully iconic fast-paced American coming of age heist story. --Royal Young, author of Fame Shark An ill-conceived rare-book heist becomes the chrysalis for a rare sort of book indeed: a true-crime memoir that takes off on the wings of Borsuk's deft prose, dark humor, and often disarming humanity. --Charles Siebert, award-winning author and journalist American Animals is a book unlike any I've ever read. The twist and turns and audacity can lend themselves to incredulity, but at the heart of this book is a humanness that even those shaking their heads the most will have to recognize. Eric Borsuk's work here is as daring as any heist. --Jared Yates Sexton, author of The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Borsuk smoothly combines humor with the ennui of being a truly lost boy. This is a must for fans of the 2018 movie of the same name based on this story. --Publisher's Weekly A raucous and outrageous coming-of-age tale. --Booklist

True crime heist tales almost inevitably include an idea that is simultaneously brilliant, crazy, and idiotic, and American Animals is no different. What makes this memoir so entertaining and unusual is that one of the college student knuckleheads involved in this fine art robbery also happens to be a gifted writer. Borsuk's coming of age confession is funny, fast-paced, and highly believable. --Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs Eric Borsuk writes beautifully, inhabiting the fertile and scattered minds of these young college students with a style that is both raw and brutally self-aware. The streamlined writing fuels an explosive plotline, and the result is a fine book that is spare and literary while also compulsively readable. A literary page-turner! --Stephen Elliot, bestselling author of The Adderall Diaries It's an oft-told tale - a group of stoner college friends pull off the daring daytime heist of a rare book library and trigger a transcontinental caper involving the FBI, Christie's auction house and dirtball Dutchmen - but in Eric Borsuk's hands, it's like we're hearing it all for the first time. In all seriousness, Borsuk is a damn fine writer, and he has penned an utterly unique coming-of-age memoir, one that is alternately poignant and hilarious but uniformly brilliant. I can't wait to read the next installment of his life story - one that hopefully doesn't involve another lengthy prison sentence. --Scott Anderson, bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia A burningly vibrant, beautifully iconic fast-paced American coming of age heist story. --Royal Young, author of Fame Shark An ill-conceived rare-book heist becomes the chrysalis for a rare sort of book indeed: a true-crime memoir that takes off on the wings of Borsuk's deft prose, dark humor, and often disarming humanity. --Charles Siebert, award-winning author and journalist American Animals is a book unlike any I've ever read. The twist and turns and audacity can lend themselves to incredulity, but at the heart of this book is a humanness that even those shaking their heads the most will have to recognize. Eric Borsuk's work here is as daring as any heist. --Jared Yates Sexton, author of The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Borsuk smoothly combines humor with the ennui of being a truly lost boy. This is a must for fans of the 2018 movie of the same name based on this story. --Publisher's Weekly A raucous and outrageous coming-of-age tale. --Booklist One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st-century annals. -The Hollywood Reporter A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded-except for one mistake. -Vanity Fair A tragicomedy of errors. -Salon They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. They are almost right. -The Guardian One of the biggest art heists in FBI history. -The Times of London

True crime heist tales almost inevitably include an idea that is simultaneously brilliant, crazy, and idiotic, and American Animals is no different. What makes this memoir so entertaining and unusual is that one of the college student knuckleheads involved in this fine art robbery also happens to be a gifted writer. Borsuk's coming of age confession is funny, fast-paced, and highly believable. - Guy Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of War Dogs Eric Borsuk writes beautifully, inhabiting the fertile and scattered minds of these young college students with a style that is both raw and brutally self-aware. The streamlined writing fuels an explosive plot line and the result is a fine book that is spare and literary while also compulsively readable. A literary page turner! - Stephen Elliot, bestselling author of The Adderall Diaries It's an oft-told tale - a group of stoner college friends pull off the daring daytime heist of a rare book library and trigger a transcontinental caper involving the FBI, Christie's auction house and dirtball Dutchmen - but in Eric Borsuk's hands, it's like we're hearing it all for the first time. In all seriousness, Borsuk is a damn fine writer, and he has penned an utterly unique coming-of-age memoir, one that is alternately poignant and hilarious but uniformly brilliant. I can't wait to read the next installment of his life story - one that hopefully doesn't involve another lengthy prison sentence. - Scott Anderson, bestselling author of Lawrence in Arabia A burningly vibrant, beautifully iconic fast-paced American coming of age heist story. -Royal Young, author of Fame Shark An ill-conceived rare-book heist becomes the chrysalis for a rare sort of book indeed: a true-crime memoir that takes off on the wings of Borsuk's deft prose, dark humor, and often disarming humanity. -Charles Siebert, award-winning author and journalist American Animals is a book unlike any I've ever read. The twist and turns and audacity can lend themselves to incredulity, but at the heart of this book is a humanness that even those shaking their heads the most will have to recognize. Eric Borsuk's work here is as daring as any heist. - Jared Yates Sexton, author of The People Are Going To Rise Like The Waters Upon Your Shore: A Story of American Rage Borsuk smoothly combines humor with the ennui of being a truly lost boy. This is a must for fans of the 2018 movie of the same name based on this story. - Publisher's Weekly A raucous and outrageous coming-of-age tale - Booklist One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st century annals. -The Hollywood Reporter A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded-except for one mistake. -Vanity Fair A tragicomedy of errors. -Salon They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. They are almost right. -The Guardian One of the biggest art heists in FBI history. -The Times of London

One of the most esoteric and far-fetched crimes in 21st century annals. -The Hollywood Reporter A rare book heist that Danny Ocean may have applauded-except for one mistake. -Vanity Fair A tragicomedy of errors. -Salon They are the young people, the people with the idealism, the passion, the courage to do something interesting with their lives: an act of daring almost artistic in its originality. They are almost right. -The Guardian One of the biggest art heists in FBI history. -The Times of London

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Eric Borsuk is the author of American Animals, the memoir featured in the acclaimed motion picture of the same name. His work has appeared in such publications as VICE Magazine and The Marshall Project. He currently lives in New York City.

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