The Gardner Heist: The True Story of the World’s Largest Unsolved Art Theft
Por U$ 10,19 na Amazon. Aqui o site do autor, Ulrich Boser. E aqui um post do b®og em 3 de junho de 2009 com o trailer do documentário Stolen sobre o mesmo roubo.
In the early morning hours of March 18, 1990, thieves posing as cops entered Bostons Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and left with a haul unrivaled in the art world, including three Rembrandts and a Vermeer, valued today at $600 million. Boser, a contributing editor at U.S. News and World Report, turned amateur sleuth after the death of a legendary independent fine arts claims adjuster, Harold Smith, who was haunted by the Gardner robbery. Boser carried on Smiths work, pursuing leads as varied as James Whitey Bulgers Boston mob and the IRA. Along the way, he visited felons—including the notorious art thief Myles Connor—and Bob Wittman, the FBIs only art theft undercover agent. Bosers rousing account of his years spent collecting clues large and small is entertaining enough to make readers almost forget that, after 18 years, the paintings have still not been found: the museum is offering a $5 million reward for information leading to their return.
Review
“Boser’s book on it has the feel of a speedy ride down a mountain road spiked with hairpin turns. (Christian Science Monitor )
“Ulrich Boser presents his solution to the [Gardner] mystery.” (Washington Post )
“Now we read this. It looks like the largest theft since the Devil Rays took what should have been the Red Sox’s 2008 American League championship. I don’t know if those paintings ended up on eBay, but I do know they’re not onmy walls.” (Senator John Kerry )
“The book is a thrill.” (The Guardian )
“Boser’s rousing account of his years spent collecting clues large and smallis entertaining enough to make readers almost forget that, after 18 years,the paintings have still not been found.” (Publishers Weekly )
“Artfully done… Grade: A Minus.” (Boston Herald )
“Boser poetically contrasts the burning, almost unnatural desire art loversfeel for paintings with the cold reality that art theft is one of the easiestand most lucrative types of crime.” (Kirkus Reviews )
“Boser has produced a captivating portrait of the world’s biggest unsolved art theft.” (Wall Street Journal )
“Boser cracks the cold case of the art world’s greatest unsolved mystery.” (Vanity Fair )
“A vivid portrait of the high-stakes world of art crime.” (Associated Press )
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