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B.B. Shapiro, Ann Arbor, MI 2012

The Art Forger

Mystery on canvas

by Courtney Miller

posted 12/3/2012

Inspired by the 1990 robbery at the Gardner Museum in Boston that claimed three of Degas' drawings, still at large, B.A. Shapiro's new novel The Art Forger plunges into the seedy underworld of high art. The story follows Claire Roth, an idealistic post-grad artist who's making her rent by mimicking masterworks for reproductions .com. She's good. Very

 
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