| Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Major American Art Heist Contributor(s): Tuccille, Jerome (Author) |
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ISBN: 1460923626 ISBN-13: 9781460923627 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Criminals & Outlaws |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.64 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The events recounted in this book are essentially true. The theft of the paintings in question took place as told; they were hidden in my father's cellar in the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx for about two years until my wife and I removed them. My cousin and his partner were arrested for their roles in the crime. I have taken some minor fictional liberties in the reconstruction of dialogue that occurred more than thirty years ago and in the invention of a few details that most likely happened during breaks in the main action of the story, which is why this book can be read as either a memoir or a novel. In June 2007, one of the paintings, Monet's "Nympheas," sold at auction in London for $36 million. |