After returning from a vacation in California with his wife and family, the author is reluctantly drawn into a crime involving the theft of priceless paintings from a Manhattan art gallery, perpetrated by members of his family, and escapes at the end only by the grace of a benevolent deity. In June 2007, one of the paintings, Monet’s “Nympheas”, sold at auction in London for $36 million. Tuccille tries to find redemption in a quixotic political campaign when he runs for Governor of New York, only to have his life unravel before his eyes in a way he could not have foreseen. The failure of his campaign and the arrest of members of his family for their involvement in the crime lead to near financial ruin. In the end, he gets back on his feet and finds his way back onto a path toward personal and spiritual redemption.
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Jerome Tuccille is the author of more than twenty books, including best-selling, highly acclaimed biographies of Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Alan Greenspan, and the Hunts of Texas, and several novels. Tuccille is vice president/communications at a major financial services firm. He previously taught at the New School for Social Research in New York City and is a former Libertarian candidate for Governor of New York. He is a member of Authors Guild and American Society of Journalists and Authors.
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Jerome Tuccille is the author of twenty-seven books, including best-selling, award-winning biographies of the Gallo wine dynasty, Donald Trump, Rupert Murdoch, Alan Greenspan, and the Hunts of Texas, and several novels. Tuccille's latest biography is Gallo Be Thy Name, released by Phoenix Books in 2009, a history of the Gallo wine clan and its roots in organized crime. Gallo Be Thy Name has been named one of the best books of 2009 by Reason magazine, and one of the best business books of 2009 by University of California Library System. Other awards are pending. The author's true crime memoir, Gallery of Fools, has been optioned for a movie. A revised and updated edition was published in December 2010
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A true story of a crime gone awry,
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This review is from: Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Celebrated Manhattan Art Theft (Paperback)
A true story of a crime gone awry, "Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Celebrated Manhattan Art Theft" is author Jerome Tuccille's story of being dragged into the crime by his family as they lift paintings worth millions out of Manhattan art galleries, barely escaping intact. Trying to escape the misdeeds, he runs for Governor of New York, as life falls to shambles - the campaign fails, his family gets arrested for their actions and he begins to fall into financial ruin. He turns to redeem himself in any way he can. "Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Celebrated Manhattan Art Theft" is highly recommended for community library true crime collections.
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This is a great story and it kept me entertained. Amazing how this really happened in those days. Funny, exciting and wow, I can believe it!!!
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If you have no other books to read, go ahead and read this. It is basically a book you would pick up to read on a flight, but has no substance. Read the "Gardner Heist" or the "Rescue Artist" if you want intrigue and art history related to the respective stolen paintings. This book is a about a theft and the fact that the theft was of art masterpieces almost is irrelevant.
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Jerome Tuccille, Joe Marano, New York, New Rochelle, White Plains, Throgs Neck, East Tremont Avenue, Merrill Lynch, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, Doctor Fragala, Aunt Molly, Long Island Sound, Arthur Avenue, Thank God, George Raft, Jesus Christ, Deerfield Beach, Art Finkelstein, Claude Monet, Guinea Harlem, Billy Engelhard, Cadillac Coup de Ville, Paddy Maher, The Renoir Browse Sample Pages:
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Jerome Tuccille, Joe Marano, New York, New Rochelle, White Plains, Throgs Neck, East Tremont Avenue, Merrill Lynch, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, Doctor Fragala, Aunt Molly, Long Island Sound, Arthur Avenue, Thank God, George Raft, Jesus Christ, Deerfield Beach, Art Finkelstein, Claude Monet, Guinea Harlem, Billy Engelhard, Cadillac Coup de Ville, Paddy Maher, The Renoir Browse Sample Pages:
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