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The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession Cover Image Book Book

The art thief : a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession / Michael Finkel.

Finkel, Michael, (author.).

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  • ISBN: 9780525657323 : HRD
  • ISBN: 0525657320 : HRD
  • Physical Description: 221 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.

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"This is a Borzoi book"--Colophon.

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Subject: Breitwieser, Staephane, 1971-
Art thieves > France > Biography.
Art thefts > Investigation.
Genre: True crime stories. 

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Orford Social Library 364.16 34190000124692 New items Checked out 05/23/2024
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500 . ‡a"This is a Borzoi book"--Colophon.
520 . ‡a"For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Staephane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years-in museums and cathedrals all over Europe-Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange andfascinating world. Unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them to his heart's content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to assess practically any securitysystem, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtakingly number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict's need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend's pleas to stop-until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down"-- ‡cProvided by publisher.
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