Why do we loved to be fooled? A parade of forgers, con men, counterfeiters, showmen, and scammers populate this issue, with writing from Charles Ponzi, Sun Tzu, Giovanni Boccaccio, P.T. Barnum, Jessica Mitford, and more.
As Lapham’s Quarterly seeks to move to its new home at Bard College in 2025 (read more here), we are relaunching our Back Issues storefront at this time using a new sales platform, which you can find here.