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LocationOakland
Call NoF SAN
TitleThe last Mona Lisa : a novel / Jonathan Santlofer.
AuthorSantlofer, Jonathan, 1946- author.
Barcode527300
CollectionFiction
Summary"August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. A gripping novel exploring the 1911 theft and the present underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale, tapping into our universal fascination with da Vinci's enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake"-- Provided by publisher.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number (epub) 9781728240770
International Standard Book Number 9781728240763 (trade paperback)
International Standard Book Number 9781728243986 (hardcover)
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 23 813/.6
Personal Name Santlofer, Jonathan, 1946- author.
Title Statement The last Mona Lisa : a novel / Jonathan Santlofer.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice Naperville, Illinois : Sourcebooks, 2021.
Physical Description 376 p. Hardcover 24 cm.
Content Type rdacontent text txt
Media Type rdamedia unmediated n
Carrier Type rdacarrier volume nc
Summary, Etc. "August, 1911: The Mona Lisa is stolen by Vincent Peruggia. Exactly what happens in the two years before its recovery is a mystery. Many replicas of the Mona Lisa exist, and more than one historian has wondered if the painting now in the Louvre is a fake, switched in 1911. Present day: art professor Luke Perrone digs for the truth behind his most famous ancestor: Peruggia. His search attracts an Interpol detective with something to prove and an unfamiliar but curiously helpful woman. Soon, Luke tumbles deep into the world of art and forgery, a land of obsession and danger. A gripping novel exploring the 1911 theft and the present underbelly of the art world, The Last Mona Lisa is a suspenseful tale, tapping into our universal fascination with da Vinci's enigma, why people are driven to possess certain works of art, and our fascination with the authentic and the fake"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Art thefts, France, Paris Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Art, forgeries. Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Thrillers.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Peruggia, Vincenzo Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical fiction. Fiction.
Additional Physical Form Entry Santlofer, Jonathan, Naperville : Sourcebooks Landmark, 2021. Online version: The last mona lisa (DLC) 2020056378 9781728240770