The Art Thief Hanif Abdurraqib instinctive flair for the dramatic

instinctive flair for the dramatic and striking beauty

though he clearly knows who is on the other end

Winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Poetry (2016)

eleven-year-old Evan plucks two weathered books from its shelves

and what makes it worth living in the first place

The Art Thief Hanif Abdurraqib instinctive flair for the dramatic"For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the world, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Stephane Breitwieser. Carrying out more than two hundred heists over nearly ten years in museums and cathedrals all over Europe Breitwieser, along with his girlfriend who worked as his lookout, stole more than three hundred objects, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion. In The Art Thief,