骗子
The Confidence Man
Herman Melville · 初版 1857 年
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在顺着密西西比河驶往新奥尔良的 Fidele 号汽船上，一个骗子开始诱骗他的同行乘客。他接二连三地变换各种伪装——从没有双腿的乞丐、世故的商人，到慈善募捐人，以及仅仅骗了理发师一次修面费用的“世界主义”绅士。在这类骗局中获利极微，对这个狡猾的骗子来说，行骗的快感似乎本身就是目的。他是魔鬼吗？他的诡计仅仅是为了揭露周围人唯利是图的嘴脸吗？故事设定在愚人节当天，
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想看关于这事绝妙的虚构演绎，去读赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《骗子》（The Confidence Man）吧，这可是真正伟大的美国小说之一。本文描述的许多例子在书里都被写活了，用来营造出一种非常搞笑、离奇又有趣的文学……
For a remarkable fictional exposition of this, read The Confidence Man by Herman Melville one of the truly great American novels. Many of the examples described in this article are brought to life, and used to generate a very funny, strange and interesting kind of literary…
这正好是个绝佳的机会，提醒大家去读读第一部后现代美国小说：赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的《骗子：他的伪装》（The Confidence Man: His Masquerade）。它在4月1日愚人节首版，故事背景也设在同一天。
This is a great opportunity to remind people to read the first post-modern American novel: The Confidence Man: His Masquerade, by Herman Melville. First published on April 1st and set on the same day.
哇，这进一步证明了我读过的最重要的科技书其实是 Maurer 的《骗局揭秘》（The Big Con）：http://www.amazon.com/Big-Con-Story-Confidence-Man/dp/038549... 我一直在等哪个敢闯敢拼的尼日利亚记者写一本 419 尼日利亚骗局版的《骗局揭秘》。
Wow, further evidence that the most important tech book I ever read was Maurer's The Big Con: http://www.amazon.com/Big-Con-Story-Confidence-Man/dp/038549... I keep waiting for an enterprising Nigerian journalist to write the 419-scammer version of this book.
杰里米·坎贝尔，《撒谎者的故事：虚假的历史》https://www.worldcat.org/title/liars-tale-a-history-of-false... 赫尔曼·梅尔维尔，《骗子：他的伪装》https://www.worldcat.org/title/confidence-man-his-masquerade...
Jeremy Campbell, The liar's tale : a history of falsehood https://www.worldcat.org/title/liars-tale-a-history-of-false... Herman Melville, The Confidence-Man : His Masquerade https://www.worldcat.org/title/confidence-man-his-masquerade...
……商业、道路……以及盗贼和诡计。正是在最早的高速通信网络（电报）和机动化水路公路系统出现时（密西西比河上的蒸汽机船），骗子（confidence man）的概念在赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的同名小说中应运而生。远程通信、快速出入的特点，为欺诈创造了空间。凯尔·哈珀则采取了不同的思路……
…commerce, roads ... and thieves and trickery. It was as the first high-spped comms networks (telegraph) and motorised highway system emerged (Mississippi steam-powered river boats) that the idea of the confidence man emerged in Herman Melville's novel of the same name. The elements of distant communications, and speedy entry and exit, create the space required for fraud. A different tack is taken by Kyle Harper's…
……而且通信几乎总是直接为诈骗提供便利。希腊/罗马神祇赫尔墨斯/墨丘利代表着通信、信使、旅行、交通、商业、诡计和盗贼。“骗子”（Confidence Man）一词源自赫尔曼·梅尔维尔的同名小说，故事发生在美国第一条大动脉——蒸汽船穿梭的密西西比河上。邮政催生了邮政欺诈。电报和电话催生了电讯……
…and communications almost always directly facilitate fraud. The Greek/Roman gods Hermes/Mercury represented communication, messages, travel, transportation, commerce, trickery, and theives. The term "Confidence Man" arose from Herman Melville's novel of the same name, set on the first great highway of the United States, the steamboat-plied Mississippi. Mail begat mail fraud. Telegraph and telephones begat wire…