The Art Thief - Michael Finkel

The Art Thief

By Michael Finkel

  • Release Date: 2023-06-27
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4
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From 489 Ratings

Description

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • One of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of the twenty-first century • “The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, élan, and a great sense of timing."The New Yorker

A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub

"Enthralling." —The Wall Street Journal


Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time.

He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight.

His girlfriend served as his accomplice.

His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion.

He never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom.

He felt like a king.

Until everything came to a shocking end.

In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, Michael Finkel gives us one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of our times, a riveting story of art, theft, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.

Reviews

  • Really good read

    5
    By Hesh100
    I thoroughly enjoyed this. I bought it on a whim, and it was so interesting. And it was a very quick read. I highly recommended.
  • The art thief

    5
    By fystee2
    Great story! Well writtenFysteeone
  • Compelling true story

    5
    By Venamo
    Well written, flows well, never boring. Intriguing true story about famous art heists
  • Interesting

    3
    By Amigo73
    Well written, but hard to read about a man so lacking in, well, so much.
  • The Art Thief

    5
    By jejejwkejrbvyvehw
    An incredible story of a wasted life and a man’s life of desperation. His life of uncommon thievery destroyed not only his life, but those who actually loved him. A tragedy.

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