Cover of The Art Thief: A true Story of Love, Crime and a Dangerous Obsession by Michael Finkel showing close ups of two paintings one of a bat with its wings spread wide and one of a sleeping boy with blonde hair wearing a red jacket

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   Jessamyn (jessamyn@glammr.us)'s status on Monday, 29-Apr-2024 07:49:10 JST Jessamyn

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   Book 20: The Art Thief. I have a few categories of books which I love and "Someone tells me more about art theft" is one of them. Finkel also wrote a really good book about the North Pond Hermit which was interesting while also not being tawdry or sensational. This book is about an audacious European art thief who lived in an attic at his mom's place surrounded by dozens of valuable artworks that he brazenly stole over the course of years. A lot of good research leads to this tale well-told.