{"product_id":"the-art-forger-9781616203160","title":"The Art Forger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] highly entertaining literary thriller about fine art and foolish choices.\" --\u003ci\u003eParade\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[A] nimble mystery.\"\u003ci\u003e --The New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Gripping.\" \u003ci\u003e--O, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum--still the largest unsolved art theft in history--one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery. But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that this long-missing masterpiece--the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years--may itself be a forgery. \u003ci\u003eThe Art Forger\u003c\/i\u003e is a thrilling novel about seeing--and not seeing--the secrets that lie beneath the canvas. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e B. A. Shapiro\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/21\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781616203160","brand":"Ripon Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44148481490989,"sku":"9781616203160","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/0501\/1245\/files\/img_c4d0c491-1439-4edb-ad6e-dd914f5c63b2.jpg?v=1757225062","url":"https:\/\/riponbookstore.com\/products\/the-art-forger-9781616203160","provider":"Ripon Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}