Elizabeth Floyd Mair interviews Walter Kirn (who visits tomorrow) in the Times Union:
Q: You write in your book a lot about the idea that you "collaborated" with Rockefeller in your own con.
A: Right. When he told me something that didn't add up, or when he seemed to be bragging in a way that didn't seem credible, I would excuse him, I would make up stories to myself about why he might be doing it.
More in the TU: http://www.timesunion.com/default/article/Secret-identity-5335678.php
More about Kirn's visit: http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/programpages/vws.html
Picture: Con artist, murderer and kidnapper "Clark Rockefeller" at his 2008 arraignment in Boston for kidnapping.
