Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession

The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief—a spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Woods 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 Stéphane BreitwieserCarrying 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 fashionIn The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser’s strange and fascinating worldUnlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them to his heart’s contentPossessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to assess practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtakingly number of audacious