The Rescue Artist: A True Story of Art, Thieves, and the Hunt for a Missing Masterpiece (P.S.) - Softcover

"Dolnick...writes with a crisp, breezy style that runs with the speed of thieves purloining stolen canvases."--Donald Harington, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"A big shout-out to Edward Dolnick for The Rescue Artist."----Geoffrey Jennings, Rainy Day Books, Fairway KS

"The Rescue Artist is a masterpiece. Engrossing, entertaining, often surreally hilarious."----Mary Roach, author of Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers on The Rescue Artist

"The narrative's frequent detours to other crimes and engaging escapades...elevate this work above last year's similar The Irish Game."----Publishers Weekly

"Riveting...fascinating."--Los Angeles Times

"An entertaining account of the eternal struggle between high art and low cunning."--Time magazine

"There has never been a better book on art crime."--ArtNews

Traces the theft of Edvard Munch's The Scream from Oslo's National Gallery in 1994, recounting the efforts of art detective Charley Hill to recover the painting in an investigation that took him from the lavish estates of eccentric aristocrats to the art underworld. By the author of Down the Great Unknown. Reader's Guide available. Reprint.