The Art Forger (), a mystery novel by B.A. Shapiro, takes inspiration from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, in which thieves posing as police officers infiltrated a museum, tied up the guards, and then proceeded to steal an estimated $ million in art. This was the largest-value theft of private property in recorded history; as of the time Shapiro wrote her novel, none of the art pieces had . · B. A. Shapiro’s nimble mystery “The Art Forger” revisits this unsolved theft when, more than two decades on, one of Gardner’s paintings seems to www.doorway.ru: Maxwell Carter. B.A. Shapiro is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Metropolis (May ), The Collector’s Apprentice, The Muralist and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads throughout the country and have been translated into over a dozen languages.
For Boston novelist Barbara Shapiro, the sixth time is a charm. After dismal sales for her first five novels, Shapiro's "The Art Forger" (Algonquin), out in paperback, is a hit. The New. The Art Forger by Barbara A. Shapiro, B.A. Shapiro Published by Algonquin Books Publication date: October 23rd Genres: Fiction, Literary, Mystery Your Local Book Store, Amazon. The theft of thirteen painting from the Gardner museum in Boston is still one of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the art world. Despite the seeming ineptitude of the two thieves, a massive manhunt and a $5. Reviews. Thirteen works of art are stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there's more to this crime than meets the eye. B. A. Shapiro's The Art Forger is a top choice among BookBrowse readers. 15 out of 16 reviewers gave it 4 or 5 stars!
The Art Forger, an absolutely fascinating read is based on an unsolved Art heist from the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum in Boston. Claire, a struggling artist is an employee of www.doorway.ru where she makes copies of famous paintings. She is commissioned to forge a famous painting by Edgar Degas. B.A. Shapiro is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, including Metropolis (May ), The Collector’s Apprentice, The Muralist and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads throughout the country and have been translated into over a dozen languages. Nervou. AKA B.A. Shapiro and Barbara Shapiro. I am the author of six novels (The Art Forger, The Safe Room, Blind Spot, See No Evil, Blameless and Shattered Echoes), four screenplays (Blind Spot, The Lost Coven, Borderline and Shattered Echoes) and the non-fiction book, The Big Squeeze. In my previous career incarnations, I have directed research projects for a residential substance abuse facility, worked as a systems analyst/statistician, headed the Boston office of a software development.
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