The vanishing of the Mona Lisa
Subtitle: a novel
By: Martín Caparrós ; translated by Jasper Reid
Contributors: Reid, Jasper, 1959-
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
ISBN-13: 9780743297950
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling; Art thefts; Fiction
Work titles: Valfierno
Description: A tale inspired by the infamous 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa finds the dying Marquis de Valfierno divulging to an American journalist the truth about his secret identity as a working-class Argentine youth who drew on his artistic mastery in order to become one of the world's most notorious art thieves.