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The Man in the Rockefeller Suit by Mark Seal is an investigative non-fiction book that chronicles the life of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant who spent decades posing as various personas, most notably Clark Rockefeller, a supposed member of the wealthy Rockefeller family. The book details how his intricate web of lies and cons ultimately unravels following his arrest for kidnapping his own daughter, revealing his true identity and numerous past deceptions related to missing persons and other criminal activities. The narrative includes kidnapping and deceptive practices.