{"product_id":"the-art-of-the-heist-confessions-of-a-master-thief-isbn-9780061672293","title":"The Art of the Heist: Confessions of a Master Thief","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“One of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written. . . . A rare gem of a book.” \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e— \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eT. J. English, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003ebestselling author of \u003cem\u003eHavana Nocturne\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow did the son of a decorated policeman grow up to be one of Boston’s most notorious criminals? How did he survive a decades-long feud with the FBI? How did he escape one jail sentence with a fake gun carved out of soap? How did he trade the return of a famous Rembrandt for early release from another sentence? \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Heist\u003c\/em\u003e is a roller-coaster ride of a life, the memoir of America’s most infamous art thief Myles Connor.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a promising young rock musician, the son of a respected policeman, Myles Connor became one of Boston’s most well-known criminals—a legendary art thief with irresistible charm and a genius IQ whose approach to his chosen profession mixed brilliant tactical planning with stunning bravado, brazen disguises, audaciously elaborate con jobs, and even the broad-daylight grab-and-dash. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Boston’s Museum of Fine Art . . . no museum was off-limits. The fact that he was in jail at the time of the largest art theft in American history—the still-unsolved robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum—has not stopped the FBI from considering him a prime suspect. \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Heist\u003c\/em\u003e is Connor’s story—part confession, part thrill ride, and impossible to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“There’s a rush to it, an elevation of the senses. . . . It’s a sweet feeling, one I’ll never get tired of, not on my twentieth heist, or my fiftieth, or my hundredth.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce a promising young rock musician, the son of a decorated policeman, Myles Connor became one of Boston’s most notorious criminals—a legendary art thief with irresistible charm and a genius IQ whose approach to his chosen profession mixed brilliant tactical planning with stunning bravado, brazen disguises, audaciously elaborate con jobs, and even the broad-daylight grab-and-dash. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Smithsonian Institution, Boston’s Museum of Fine Art . . .no museum was off-limits. The fact that he was in jail at the time of the largest art theft in American history—the still-unsolved robbery of the Isabella Stewart Gardener Museum—has not stopped the FBI from considering him a prime suspect. Optioned for film by the Oscar-winning screenwriter and director William Monahan (\u003cem\u003eThe Departed\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Heist\u003c\/em\u003e is Connor’s story—part confession, part thrill ride, and impossible to put down.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“A gripping tell-all . . . The arc of Connor’s story—the son of a police officer, growing up with a love of the finer things that landed him on the other side of the law—is cinematic, and his book offers a fascinating look inside the mind of an unrepentant criminal.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Connor offers a dizzying account of bank robberies, museum break-ins, drug deals, and violent brushes with the law during a lifetime of thumbing his nose at authority. . . . a glimpse of the world through the eyes of a man who was willing to risk everything, even his own life, for a challenging score.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Unapologetic about the thrill of a robbery . . . Connor offers never-revealed details of how he stole and then returned the Museum of Fine Art’s Rembrandt” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Patriot Ledger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThe Art of the Heist\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most beguiling criminal memoirs ever written. Myles was a theif, a gun smuggler, and a first-class reprobate, but he is also what the Irish call a \u003cem\u003eseanchie,\u003c\/em\u003e a storyteller of the hightest order. To anyone interested in the criminal life or a good yarn, this is a rare gem of a book.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eT. J. 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