Catch Me If You Can is an excellent novel. For me, the fact that it’s a non-fiction tale made it all the more engaging. It’s easy to read countless fiction books and, when things are getting interesting or horrifying, you can say “it’s all make-believe.” With this book, you must remind yourself that this really happened. Abagnale really pulled this stuff off at such a young age.
The plot seems to be one that most people are familiar with so I won’t go into it much, but I will say that it is one of those books where you want the bad guy to succeed at everything he does. This is a solid five-star read and I read it in less than a day. It has stuck with me ever since, especially some of the author’s descriptions of foreign prison life, and I recommend it to anyone who enjoys lots of words which form a long story. If you are on this site, you should qualify.