{"product_id":"vanishing-of-the-mona-lisa-9780743297950","title":"Vanishing of the Mona Lisa","description":"Now in paperback, \u003ci\u003eThe Vanishing of the \u003c\/i\u003e Mona Lisa is a captivating fictionalization of the greatest art theft of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn August 22, 1911, the world was shocked by an unthinkable crime: Leonardo Da Vinci's masterpiece, the Mona Lisa, disappeared from the walls of the Louvre. While artists such as Picasso and Apollinaire were suspected of the theft, no arrests were made. Two years later an Italian, Vincenzo Peruggia, was detained when trying to sell the Mona Lisa to an antiques dealer in Florence--but the mystery of the theft itself was never satisfactorily resolved. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fifteen years later, someone calling himself \"the Marquis de Valfierno\" cannot tolerate dying without the world knowing of his audacious exploits. And so, he decides to confide his life story to an American journalist: from his impoverished  migr  origins as the son of a servant woman in Buenos Aires to his rise as the most dangerous conman in the world. Through a series of remarkable but evolving masks of identity, beginning as a marginal criminal of Argentina's lower depths and ending up a wealthy aristocrat of the Belle  poque, first in Buenos Aires, then in Paris, he slowly transforms himself into \"Valfierno.\" Only then is he prepared to undertake the unthinkable, his own \"masterpiece\" of the criminal arts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martin Caparros\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Washington Square Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.30w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780743297950\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMartín Caparrós \u003c\/b\u003ehas worked for twenty-five years as a journalist for print, radio, and television. He has traveled through more than sixty countries and is the author of multiple memoirs and travelogues. He currently lives in his native Argentina.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40117447557235,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_49d4e317-8c96-4745-bbd4-5c89ba9efde1.jpg?v=1653576109","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/vanishing-of-the-mona-lisa-9780743297950","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}