The Book Prize Index

Anansi’s Gold: The Man Who Looted the West, Outfoxed Washington, and Swindled the World

Yepoka Yeebo

The astounding, never-before-told story of how an audacious Ghanaian con artist pulled off one of the 20th century’s longest-running and most spectacular frauds.

BiographyBiography · medium confidenceBiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Biography -> BiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyGoogle Books: Biography & Autobiography -> BiographyEssays & Cultural CriticismAfrica & the African Diaspora

Award History

1 wins · 2 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Plutarch Award: Biography2024WinnerSecondary source
Mark Lynton History Prize2024FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

    These suggestions did not meet the normal display threshold and are more likely to be wrong.

    • Anansi62%

  2. 02 Central places

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  3. 03 Suggested argument

    No argument inferred with sufficient confidence.

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    36 / 100 academic

    Serious trade

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 62%.