Camy, I think you asked about other stories. There's "Jeff Peters as a Personal Magnet" by O.Henry, in which the reader himself may be conned--a great read (and read-aloud if you like to do voices) and a good example of the traveling grifter. Then there's Flanery O'Connor's short novel Wise Blood--a much darker story of the preacher/con-artist character--very dark and macabre. Dan