The Art Thief

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• The Art Thief By Noah Charney

  Art crime and its detection have naturally become hot topics in a red-hot art market, where the prices for Old Master paintings have soared through the auction-house roof. Scan the pages of ArtNews every month and you'll find one story after another ... (read full critics)

  bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

• Book review: Noah Charney's *The Art Thief*

  The Art Thief Noah Charney Atria Hardcover 304 pages September 2007 A mystery that delves into the high-powered world of art abduction and forgery, The Art Thief takes us behind the scenes of museums across the globe and into the inner sanctum of Chr ... (read full critics)

  curledup published on Tue, 7 Sep 2010

2 Reviews

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  The story starts off quite promising but unfortunately, it seems the double-double cross entangles with the paint-overs is abit difficult to follow. There are tid bits on art symbolism and iconography which serve as good ground work for more exploration into this obscure topic. Can't help thinking ... (continue)

  The story starts off quite promising but unfortunately, it seems the double-double cross entangles with the paint-overs is abit difficult to follow. There are tid bits on art symbolism and iconography which serve as good ground work for more exploration into this obscure topic. Can't help thinking that the author is following the formula of The Da Vinci Code but just didn't quite make it.

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  Jelly Belly said on Mar 4, 2010 | Add your feedback

• this is beyond readable. I seldom ditch books I've already started but this one made the list.

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  Vickywt said on Jul 24, 2009 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 304 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1416550305
• ISBN-13: 9781416550303
• Publisher: Atria
• Pub date: Sep 18, 2007
• Dimensions: 1484 mm x 968 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: eBook

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