About the book
Knopf in June 2023.
It recounts the case of the art thief Stephane Breitwieser. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller.
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Published
Art, Culture & Creative Life
The Art Thief
A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
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Published by
Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House)
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession is a work of narrative nonfiction by the journalist Michael Finkel, published by Alfred A.
- Published
- 2023
- Pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
Between 1994 and 2001, a Frenchman named Stephane Breitwieser stole more than three hundred artworks from European museums and churches - not to sell, but to live among them in a hidden attic room.
Michael Finkel's The Art Thief tells this improbable true story with the tension of a heist novel and the economy of a great magazine feature.
Finkel is less interested in the mechanics of theft than in the obsession behind it: a connoisseur's love turned compulsive and, finally, ruinous. intendle recommends it as a swift, gripping read that also raises real questions about beauty, ownership and desire. Slim and propulsive, it became a #1 New York Times bestseller and a best book of the year at The Washington Post and The New Yorker.
Few nonfiction books this compact deliver so complete a thrill; you will finish it in a sitting and think about it for weeks.
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Pages
240
Published
2023
Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House)
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Format
Hardcover
First US edition
Language
English
Art, Culture & Creative Life
ISBN
978-0525657323
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