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

The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of the most remarkable true crime narratives of the twenty first century The Art Thief, like its title character, has confidence, lan, and a great sense of timing."The New Yorker A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Lit Hub "Enthralling." The Wall Street Journal Stphane Britwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time. He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad

and lands in between and far beyond

• A New Introduction by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

From one of contemporary literature’s most exciting new voices

To receive her inheritance

Emily has no intention of befriending the gruff townsfolk

It’s 1971

and all she wants to do is retreat

hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful

in a house empty except for a few mementos of the family’s unsavory past

When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans

a secret place they can escape to that is all their own