One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written....
A rare gem of a book.
The Art of the Heist is Connor\'s story--part confession, part thrill ride, and impossible to put down..
The fact that he was in jail at the time of the largest art theft in American history--the still-unsolved robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum--has not stopped the FBI from considering him a prime suspect. no museum was off-limits. . .
New York\'s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Boston\'s Museum of Fine Art .
Once a promising young rock musician, the son of a respected policeman, Myles Connor became one of Boston\'s most well-known criminals--a legendary art Thief with irresistible charm and a genius IQ whose approach to his chosen profession mixed brilliant tactical planning with stunning bravado, brazen disguises, audaciously elaborate con jobs, and even the broad-daylight grab-and-dash.
English, New York Times bestselling author of Havana Nocturne How did the son of a decorated policeman grow up to be one of Boston\'s most notorious criminals? How did he survive a decades-long feud with the FBI? How did he escape one jail sentence with a fake gun carved out of soap? How did he trade the return of a famous Rembrandt for early release from another sentence? The Art of the Heist is a roller-coaster ride of a life, the memoir of America\'s most infamous art Thief Myles Connor.
J. -- T.
One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written....
A rare gem of a book
