The Art Forger: A Novel
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The Art Forger is a clever and gripping story. Claire Roth, a talented artist, finds herself intricately involved in the seedier side of art forgeries when she makes a questionable deal to forge a Degas masterpiece. Just like a fine painting, this is a many-layered literary thriller about love, betrayal, and authenticity. Shapiro builds the story with pitch-perfect suspense and plot twists that you don't see coming. While you are drawn deeply into the story, Shapiro outlines big questions about morality, fame, and truth in a world that is all about creating illusion for the sake of beauty. A masterpiece!
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A BOSTON GLOBE BEST CRIME BOOK
A gripping art-world thriller about a struggling painter who agrees to forge a stolen Degas masterpiece, only to uncover a dangerous secret buried in the painting’s history.
“Gripping.” —O, The Oprah Magazine
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. The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.
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. The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas.
“[A] highly entertaining literary thriller about fine art and foolish choices.” —Parade
Praise for The Art Forger: A Novel
“The Art Forger is the real thing."—USA Today
“[A] nimble mystery.”—The New York Times Book Review
"Gripping."—O, The Oprah Magazine
“[A] highly entertaining literary thriller about fine art and foolish choices.”—Parade
"Precise and exciting . . . Readers seeking an engaging novel about artists and art scandals will find The Art Forger rewarding for its skillful balance of brisk plotting, significant emotional depth and a multi-layered narration rich with a sense of moral consequence."—The Washington Post
"If Bridget Jones's Diary and The Da Vinci Code had a love child, this would be it."—Elle
“[Shapiro] has such interesting things to say about authenticity—in both art and love—that her novel becomes not just emotionally involving but addictive.”—Entertainment Weekly
"Ingeniously and skillfully plotted."—The Huffington Post
“Warning: Don’t dig into this book if you have something to do . . . An addictive thriller.”—Redbook
“An engaging tale about art, cupidity, and a Faustian bargain . . . [Shapiro] knows art history, painting techniques, and how forgers have managed through the centuries to dupe buyers into paying for fakes . . . Inventive and entertaining.”—The Boston Globe
“An intelligent, cleverly plotted page-turner.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune
“Engaging storytelling. Intelligent entertainment.”—Kirkus Reviews
