For centuries\, works of art have been sto len in countless ways from all over the world\, but no one has been quite as successful at it as the master thief Sté\;phane Breitwieser. Carr ying out more than two hundred heists over nearly eight years &mdash\; in museums and cathedrals all over Europe &mdash\; Breitwieser\, along with h is girlfriend who worked as his lookout\, stole more than three hundred ob jects\, until it all fell apart in spectacular fashion.
\nIn The Art Thief\, Michael Finkel brings us into Breitwieser&rsquo\;s strange and fa scinating world. Unlike most thieves\, Breitwieser never stole for money. Instead\, he displayed all his treasures in a pair of secret rooms where h e could admire them to his heart&rsquo\;s content. Possessed of a remarkab le athleticism and an innate ability to circumvent practically any securit y system\, Breitwieser managed to pull off a breathtaking number of audaci ous thefts. Yet these strange talents bred a growing disregard for risk an d an addict&rsquo\;s need to score\, leading Breitwieser to ignore his gir lfriend&rsquo\;s pleas to stop &mdash\; until one final act of hubris brou ght everything crashing down.
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