The Last Mona Lisa - Jonathan Santlofer

Brand: Sourcebooks Landmark | Status: Còn hàng

450.000₫

"Two of my favorite genres smooshed together in a riveting novel that explores the dark underbelly of the art market! The trafficking of stolen art, which has been going on for centuries, raises questions regarding masterpieces currently hanging in museums all over the world. How many are the real deal, and how many are actually forgeries? And how can we ever know? The author, an accomplished "art forger" in his own right, has woven a fast paced, plausible tale, based on the documented facts surrounding the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa, but set in the present, 21st Century art and academic world. This is not a biography, or a police procedural. Just a rip roaring good whodunit set in the art world. I lived it!" - Amazon Customer Reviews

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August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911.

Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger.

A gripping novel exploring the 1911 theft and the present underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale, tapping into our universal fascination with da Vinci's enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake.