The Art Thief
- 作者:Charney,Noah
- 出版社:Pocket Books
- 出版日期:2008-09-02
- 語言:英文
- ISBN10:1416550313
- ISBN13:9781416550310
- 裝訂:平裝 / 13.3 x 21 x 1.9 cm / 普通級
謎團之下,是另一個謎團。
騙局背後,是更大的騙局。
精采絕倫的藝術竊盜小說!
蘇格蘭警場藝術暨古物調查組組長,史無前例推薦!
義大利、西班牙、荷蘭、比利時、希臘……藝術大國不敢小覷的藝術犯罪專家!
《紐約時報雜誌》、義大利第一人文報《二十四》、西班牙《閱讀》專訪推薦
查尼建構了一套繁複的犯罪網絡,除了聳動的情節,更有刻劃生動的人物與廣博深沉的內涵。《偷畫賊》緊湊刺激,是一部引人入勝的小說。——拉普利,蘇格蘭警場藝術暨古物調查組組長
在羅馬、巴黎和倫敦,三幅知名的畫作接連失竊。
在每年上萬起的藝術品失竊案中,這三件案子看似毫無瓜葛,然而背後卻是各方人馬的精心陰謀和布局,由一場拍賣會而交織在一起。不但涉及鉅額的金錢、勒索、愛情、執念、背叛和報復,竊賊甚至特意留下晦澀難解的怪異線索,這究竟是為了滿足鬥智的快感,還是另有更深一層的盤算……
失竊藝術品的交易是一個龐大的市場,每年的「產值」高達六十億美元,是僅次於毒品和槍械的第三大黑市!許多為了滿足私欲而不擇手段的收藏家,都透過地下交易取得無價的藝術珍寶。
本書作者以曲折離奇的情節和迷人的藝術史典故,帶領讀者穿梭於拍賣會場、美術館、私人畫廊,以及藝術竊盜、偽造畫作等不見天日的祕密角落。這是一部不落俗套的傑出作品,本身就像偉大的藝術品一樣,富有難以抗拒的魅力和豐富多彩的面向。
作者簡介
諾亞.查尼(Noah Charney)
1979年生於美國紐哈芬,父親為精神科醫師,母親為耶魯大學法國文學教授。自小即經常前往法國,並在父母的薰陶下深深愛上歐洲的文化藝術。大學時就讀柯比學院,主修藝術史及英國文學,就讀期間寫下數部劇作,並贏得全國性的新銳劇作家競賽。先後於英國可陶德藝術學院與劍橋大學獲得兩個藝術史碩士學位,課餘時寫下《偷畫賊》這本小說。
2006年查尼在劍橋舉辦了一場藝術竊盜研討會,與會人士包括FBI、蘇格蘭警場、義大利憲兵隊藝術組,以及學術界與藝術專業人士。之後並創辦了藝術犯罪研究協會,是國際上首見的藝術犯罪防治顧問組織,為警方及各種機構提供免費的諮詢服務。他以藝術竊盜史為主題在劍橋攻讀博士,此外也在斯洛維尼亞的盧布亞那大學攻讀藝術史博士。
Rome: In the small Baroque church of Santa Giuliana, a magnificent Caravaggio altarpiece disappears without a trace in the middle of the night.
Paris: In the basement vault of the Malevich Society, curator GeneviAcve Delacloche is shocked to discover the disappearance of the Society's greatest treasure, White-on-White by Suprematist painter Kasimir Malevich.
London: At the National Gallery of Modern Art, the museum's latest acquisition is stolen just hours after it was purchased for more than six million pounds.
In The Art Thief, three thefts are simultaneously investigated in three cities, but these apparently isolated crimes have much more in common than anyone imagines. In Rome, the police enlist the help of renowned art investigator Gabriel Coffin when tracking down the stolen masterpiece. In Paris, GeneviAcve Delacloche is aided by Police Inspector Jean-Jacques Bizot, who finds a trail of bizarre clues and puzzles that leads him ever deeper into a baffling conspiracy. In London, Inspector Harry Wickenden of Scotland Yard oversees the museum's attempts to ransom back its stolen painting, only to have the masterpiece's recovery deepen the mystery even further.
A dizzying array of forgeries, overpaintings, and double-crosses unfolds as the story races through auction houses, museums, and private galleries -- and the secret places where priceless works of art are made available to collectors who will stop at nothing to satisfy their hearts' desires.
Full of fascinating art-historical detail, crackling dialogue, and a brain-teasing plot, Noah Charney's debut novel is a sophisticated, stylish thriller, as irresistible and multifaceted as a great work of art.