Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks

Consider the question of “victimless” crime. Do any of Keefe’s accounts suggest that there are crimes that are illegal but otherwise harmless? Why or why not?

Compare and contrast Mark Burnett and Anthony Bourdain, the only two subjects in Rogues who are never convicted of or suspected of crimes.

In what ways is Rogues a work about how corruption is an international and global phenomenon? How many different kinds of corruption does Keefe examine and why?

How does Keefe use description, especially geographic description, to create character?

What, in Keefe’s works, is the relationship between law and justice?

Is Keefe sympathetic to Judy Clarke’s views of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Why or why not?

What does Keefe’s work have in common with Ken Dornstein’s mission to confront the Pan Am bombers with the truth? How does his work differ from Dornstein’s quest?

Some of Keefe’s subjects regard crime and corruption as both inevitable and entertaining. Why have they come to these perspectives? What common threads undergird this outlook on the world?