The Resource The Art Forger : A Novel/, B. A. Shapiro, (electronic resource)
The Art Forger : A Novel/, B. A. Shapiro, (electronic resource)
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The item The Art Forger : A Novel/, B. A. Shapiro, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Manchester City Library.
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- Summary
- On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there?s more to this crime than meets the eye.Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting?one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum?in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting?the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner?is delivered to Claire?s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.Claire?s search for the truth about the painting?s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro?s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it?s a dazzling novel about seeing?and not seeing?the secrets that lie beneath the canvas
- Language
- eng
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Note
- Electronic book
- Isbn
- 9781616201807
- Label
- The Art Forger : A Novel/
- Title
- The Art Forger
- Title remainder
- A Novel/
- Statement of responsibility
- B. A. Shapiro
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art worth today over $500 million were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there?s more to this crime than meets the eye.Claire makes her living reproducing famous works of art for a popular online retailer. Desperate to improve her situation, she lets herself be lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting?one of the Degas masterpieces stolen from the Gardner Museum?in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when the long-missing Degas painting?the one that had been hanging for one hundred years at the Gardner?is delivered to Claire?s studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.Claire?s search for the truth about the painting?s origins leads her into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life. B. A. Shapiro?s razor-sharp writing and rich plot twists make The Art Forger an absorbing literary thriller that treats us to three centuries of forgers, art thieves, and obsessive collectors. it?s a dazzling novel about seeing?and not seeing?the secrets that lie beneath the canvas
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- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Shapiro, Barbara A.
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- fiction
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- Gardner, Isabella Stewart
- Degas, Edgar
- Art
- Art forgers
- Label
- The Art Forger : A Novel/, B. A. Shapiro, (electronic resource)
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- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
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- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616201807
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- Electronic reproduction.
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- The Art Forger : A Novel/, B. A. Shapiro, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
- Electronic book
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
-
- 1 online resource
- 368 p.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616201807
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- mrgzg9
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (MnSpTMCL)mrgzg9
- System details
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- Format: Adobe EPUB
- Requires: cloudLibrary (file size: 696.0 KB)
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