Retail Gangster Quotes

“Madoff was the nightmare you try to forget. Eddie Antar was the fever dream you try to remember even though it was strange and scary and made no sense.”
― Gary Weiss, Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

“The frauds of early 1986 were a triumph. But the Antars could not rest. Even after a feeding, the fraud rattlesnake did not feel sated. It only grew hungrier.”
― Gary Weiss, Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

“The street kid in Eddie had kicked in. Punks weren’t invading his store. If there was going to be crime at a Crazy Eddie, he was going to be the one committing it.”
― Gary Weiss, Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie

“But the problem with reality was that it couldn’t be controlled. It just happened.”
― Gary Weiss, Retail Gangster: The Insane, Real-Life Story of Crazy Eddie