The Art Thief by Noah Charney audiobook

The Art Thief: A Novel

By Noah Charney
Read by Simon Vance

Blackstone Publishing 9781416550303

Unabridged

Format: Library CD (In Stock)
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  • ISBN: 9781433203732

  • ISBN: 9781433203718

  • ISBN: 9781433203749

  • ISBN: 9781433266324

Runtime: 10.24 Hours
Category: Fiction/Thrillers
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

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Rome: In the small church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night.

Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, the curator is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society’s great treasure, White on White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich.

London: At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum’s newest acquisition is stolen just hours after it was purchased for £6.3 million.

Three apparently unrelated art thefts have more in common than anyone imagines. As a renowned art investigator, a police inspector, and a Scotland Yard inspector take up their separate investigations, a trail of bizarre clues and intellectual puzzles reveals forgeries, over-paintings, and double crosses in an ever-deepening conspiracy.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A sprawling tapestry of deceit, honor, love, and triumph...this book will entertain you from the first page to the last.” —Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“Hilarious! Delicious! This deftly plotted mystery is filled with art and French food and delightful heroines and heroes…Simon Vance uses rich accents to create a believable Gallic atmosphere as he ‘ooo-la-las!’ his way through a series of gastronomic adventures, making listeners’ mouths water at the same time that their sides ache with laughter.” —AudioFile
“Charney crafts an intellectual masterpiece in this work that sweeps through three of the worlds most art-filled cities. This novel is a witty, fast-paced page-turner full of artistic symbolism and insider knowledge about legendary art thefts, forgeries, and secret engravings.” —IndieBound
“Debut author Noah Charney enjoys a unique vantage point from which to spin his tale of art-world intrigue...Charney is a real-life version of his novel's hero Gabriel Coffin...A mixture of inside information on the art market and lively art history (including four actual lectures, all of them brilliantly devised) brings the novel very close to nonfiction territory.” —BookPage

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Author Bio: Noah Charney

Author Bio: Noah Charney

Noah Charney holds degrees in art history from the Courtauld Institute and Cambridge University, and he has created the academic field of the history of art theft. He is the founding director of the Association for Research into Crimes against Art (ARCA), the first international think tank on art crime whose board of trustees includes the respective art squad heads of the FBI, Carabinieri, and Scotland Yard, as well as renowned museum, art world, and criminology specialists.

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Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD, Playaway
Category: Fiction/Thrillers
Runtime: 10.24
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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