CODENAME IAGO: The Story of John Friedrich
by Friedrich, John, with Flanagan, Richard
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0855614528
- ISBN 13
- 9780855614522
- Seller
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Korumburra, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: William Heinemann Australia , 1991. 256pp., plus (xxiii). Unpaginated b/white halftone plate sections. Book clean and square. Spine firm. Illustrated card wrapper mildly edgeworn, minor tanning to inner surface edges. Textblock minimally edge-tanned, tiny spot to foot. In his own words, assisted by Tasmanian writer Richard Flanagan, 'Codename IAGO' is the story of Munich, Germany-born John Friedrich (Johann Friedrich Hohenberger), accused fraudster and conman who became Chief Executive Officer of the National Safety Council of Australia - Victorian Division, and set in chain a multi-million dollar invoicing fraud. Under investigation he fled to Western Australia, was discovered and returned to face trial. While awaiting his court case he (mostly) completed this book in late July, 1991. A few days later his body was found with a shot to the head, a handgun by his side, on his property at Seaton, Victoria. The Coroner ruled suicide . . . Contents include: Prelims., Part 1/ Who Am I? 2/ The NSCA Victorian Division: What Was It? 3/ The Need To Know Principle. 4/ The Circle Of Vultures. Postscript. Appendices. Book weight approx. 510g. . First Edition. Softcover. Very Good. 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 15cm).
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- Bookseller
- Diversity Books, IOBA (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015007
- Title
- CODENAME IAGO: The Story of John Friedrich
- Author
- Friedrich, John, with Flanagan, Richard
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0855614528
- ISBN 13
- 9780855614522
- Publisher
- William Heinemann Australia
- Place of Publication
- Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia
- Date Published
- 1991
- Size
- 8vo - (approx. 23.5cm x 15cm)
- Keywords
- Biography, Australia, National Safety Council of Australia (Victorian division), Fraud, Victoria, John Friedrich, Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, 1950-1991 Codename IAGO
- Bookseller catalogs
- True Crime; Australiana;
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