num_pages: 360
description: Hot Art traces Knelman's five-year immersion in the shadowy world of art theft where he uncovers a devious game that takes him from Egypt to Los Angeles New York to London and back again through a web of deceit violence and corruption. With a cool knowing eye Knelman delves into the lives of professionals such as Paul a brilliant working-class kid who charmed his way into a thriving career organizing art thefts and running loot across the United Kingdom and beyond and LAPD detective Donald Hrycyk one of the few special investigators worldwide who struggle to keep pace with the evolving industry of stolen art. As he becomes more and more immersed in the world Knelman learns that art theft is no fringe activity--it has evolved into one of the largest black markets in the world which even Interpol and the FBI cannot contain.Sweeping and fast-paced Hot Art is a major work of investigative journalism and a thrilling joyride into a mysterious criminal world.
language: English
title: Hot Art: Chasing Thieves and Detectives Through the Secret World of Stolen Art
publisher: Tin House Books