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Gallery of Fools: The True Story of a Celebrated Manhattan Art Theft

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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.

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!!!

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.