{"product_id":"9781443418041","title":"The Art Forger","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): B. A. Shapiro\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA clever, twisty novel about art, authenticity, love and betrayal. Shapiro knows about Degas, and she knows about art theft and forgery, and she also knows how to tell a gripping story.\" -Tom Perrotta, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Left Overs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn March 18, 1990, thirteen works of art (worth over $500 million today) were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. It remains the largest unsolved art heist in history, and Claire Roth, a struggling young artist, is about to discover that there's more to this crime than meets the eye.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaking a living reproducing famous artworks for a popular online retailer and desperate to improve her situation, Claire is lured into a Faustian bargain with Aiden Markel, a powerful gallery owner. She agrees to forge a painting-a Degas masterpiece stolen from the Gardner Museum-in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But when that very same long-missing Degas painting is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may itself be a forgery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer desperate search for the truth leads Claire into a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late 19th century may be the only evidence that can now save her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781443418041\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41091531702478,"sku":"9781443418041","price":13.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9781443418041.jpg?v=1649128178","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781443418041","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}