Friday, April 04, 2014

Five notable books on hoaxes, frauds, and con men

One title on the Barnes & Noble Review's list of five top books on hoaxes, frauds, and con men:
The Forger's Spell
by Edward Dolnick

After an ordinary Dutch painter convinced a wealthy connoisseur that his work was actually the lost oeuvre of Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer, the greatest art fraud ever perpetrated began. Dolnick, who previously wrote about the theft of Edvard Munch's The Scream in The Rescue Artist, uses his art-world expertise to spin a nonfiction thriller as captivating as any novel.
Read about another book on the list.

The Page 69 Test: The Forger's Spell.

--Marshal Zeringue