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The art forger : a novel / B.A. Shapiro.

Shapiro, Barbara A., 1951- (Author). Sands, Xe. (Added Author).

Summary:

Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting, a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum, in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781611749274
  • ISBN: 1611749271
  • Physical Description: 8 audio discs (10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: [Minneapolis, MN] : HighBridge Audio, [2012]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Subtitle from container.
Originally issued as a book.
Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Xe Sands.
System Details Note:
Compact disc.
Subject: Gardner, Isabella Stewart, 1840-1924 > Fiction.
Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917 > Fiction.
Art > Forgeries > Fiction.
Art forgers > Fiction.
Artists > Juvenile fiction.
Art thefts > Juvenile fiction.
Secrecy > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Audiobooks.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Thrillers (Fiction)

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Scenic Regional.

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The Art Forger
The Art Forger
by Shapiro, B. A.; Xe, Sands (Narrated by)
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The Art Forger


On March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art today worth 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 theres more to this crime than meets the eye. Making a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a paintinga Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museumin exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claires studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery. Her desperate search for the truth leads Claire into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late nineteenth century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.

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