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《藝術大盜：一個愛情、犯罪與危險執迷的真實故事》原文版
by Michael Finkel
【將美占為己有，是偏執、是罪過、更是一種藝術】
光天化日之下，橫掃歐洲七國從博物館、藝廊到大教堂，竊盜超過上百件藝術品、價值總計20億美元，堪稱史上最「多產」也最偉大的藝術大盜史蒂芬‧布萊特韋澤 (Stéphane Bréitwieser)，他自稱是藝術鑑賞家，不同於其他竊盜案將藝術品典當變現，而是將搜刮而來的稀世珍寶收納在母親房子的閣樓裡，成為他個人賞玩的收藏。儘管他的收藏(贓物)數量龐大，但他仍然能夠回憶起他偷走的每一件作品。
這樣富有傳奇色彩的爭議性人物，透過新聞記者兼回憶錄作家 Michael Finkel，歷經逾十年與大盜本人布萊特韋澤以書信往來破冰、面對面促膝長談，並訪問各國警察、檢察官、律師、親友、藝術系與心理系的教授們以及相關從業人員等，閱讀審判謄錄文本、警方審訊紀錄等等，不只將布萊特韋澤當年與女友安娜—凱瑟琳裡應外合的行竊過程重現，更揭開了大盜殞落的結局。
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歐洲七國行竊地圖
布萊特韋澤閣樓圖
藝術作品圖集(彩色印刷)
Stéphane Bréitwieser is the most prolific art thief of all time.
He pulled off more than 200 heists, often in crowded museums in broad daylight.
His girlfriend served as his accomplice.
His collection was worth an estimated $2 billion.
He never sold a piece, displaying his stolen art in his attic bedroom.
He felt like a king.
Until everything came to a shocking end.
In this spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, Michael Finkel gives us one of the most remarkable true-crime narratives of our times, a riveting story of art, theft, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
