"The Modern Con Man: How To Get Something for Nothing ... aims to effect a renaissance in these peculiarly American dark arts. These gentlemen are experts in the pool-hall hustle, the train-station grift, the boozy bar bet and every other sort of elegantly fixed wager from days of yore – with a modern twist..."

That's from The Con is On, an article in this week's Metromix, out on Wednesday – but you can click here to read the full online version today. We're going to post scans from the print edition when it's available. Metromix set up a nice photo shoot for us in a local bar and the results ought to be, for better or worse, entertaining.