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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Joshua Knelman |
| ISBN: | 9781935639381 1935639382 1935639390 9781935639398 |
| OCLC Number: | 754723382 |
| Description: | 342 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents: | Hollywood -- Law and disorder -- Egypt -- The art thief -- Training days -- Brighton knockers -- Headache art -- Scotland Yard -- Business in London -- Caveat emptor -- LAPD confidential -- 9/11 -- Intelligence -- Montreal -- Art hostage -- Missing pieces. |
| Responsibility: | Joshua Knelman. |
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Abstract:
"Hot Art traces Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, which takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption. With a cool, knowing eye, Knelman delves into the lives of professionals such as Paul, a brilliant working-class kid who charmed his way into a thriving career organizing art thefts and running loot across the United Kingdom and beyond, and LAPD detective Donald Hrycyk, one of the few special investigators worldwide who struggle to keep pace with the evolving industry of stolen art. As he becomes more and more immersed in this world, Knelman learns that art theft is no fringe activity--it has evolved into one of the largest black markets in the world, which even Interpol and the FBI cannot contain. Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world"--
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