TY  - BOOK
AU  - Finkel,Michael
TI  - The art thief: a true story of love, crime, and a dangerous obsession 
SN  - 9780525657323
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Alfred A. Knopf
KW  - Breitwieser, Stéphane,
KW  - Art thefts
KW  - Investigation
KW  - France
KW  - Art thieves
KW  - Biography
KW  - True crime stories
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Biographies
N1  - "This is a Borzoi book." -- title page verso; Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "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 Breitwieser. Carrying 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 fashion. In The Art Thief, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser's strange and fascinating world. Unlike most thieves, he never stole for money, keeping all his treasures in a single room where he could admire them to his heart's content. Possessed of a remarkable athleticism and an innate ability to assess practically any security system, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtakingly number of audacious thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk and an addict's need to score, leading Breitwieser to ignore his girlfriend's pleas to stop-until one final act of hubris brought everything crashing down"--
ER  -