HOT ART - Joshua Knelman

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~ Standard Hardcover ~ Winner of the Arthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Nonfiction - 2012 Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives through the Secret World of Stolen Art Tracing Cana dian investigative journalist and author Joshua Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft, Hot Art shows where he uncovered a devious game taking him from Egypt to Los Angeles, New York to London, and back again, through a web of deceit, violence, and corruption . . . Sweeping and fast-paced, Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world. "Stolen art is a hot topic...from the first chapter when we meet [Knelman] crouched in the back of a police car it's clear that he's hooked (just as we are) by the topic in all its complexity." --International Architecture & Design Show more