Purchase Swindle & Fraud, the Spring 2015 issue of Lapham’s Quarterly, available in our online store now. The issue features readings from Charles Ponzi, Patricia Highsmith, Dante Alighieri, and Sun Tzu. Original essays include David Samuels on Herman Melville’s great literary hoax and Clancy Martin on the dangers of buying and selling gold. Our map plots questionable real estate deals throughout history. We also catalog crackpot schemes that promise riches in more than a dozen illustrated features.