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The Art Of The Heist: Confessions Of A Master Thief (2009)

by Myles J. Connor(Favorite Author)

3.27 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0061672297 (ISBN13: 9780061672293)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Harper Perennial

review 1: Very interesting reading on the subject of art theft. Certainly unique in the field in that it's written from the thief's perspective. Connor is a masterful, colorful, engaging storyteller, and while some of what he narrates of his own life may or may not be embellished, it's certainly exciting to read. After reading several books on art crime from the perspective of the museums and art connoisseurs, this was a breath of fresh air.
review 2: I was hoping this was going to be a real life Ocean's Thirteen or The Italian Job. You know, good looking people who are carrying out a heist because some really bad person has it coming.Unfortunately, crime in real life is not like crime in the movies. Nobody is attractive, all the sociopathic tendencies are front and ce... morenter and the characters are all repellent, violent jerks instead of suave, funny, smooth-talkers. The man at the center of this story is possibly the most odious, hateful, foul piece of garbage excuse for a human being born in New England at any time in the last century. He, of course, thinks that he is a stand-up guy who was just doling out revenge to the upper classes. Their crime? Treating him as a member of the lower class. Avoid this book. less

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