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Synopsis
In 2007, Bolton Crown Court sentenced Shaun Greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Working out of a shed in his parents' garden, Greenhalgh had successfully fooled some of the world's greatest museums. During the court case, the breadth of his forgeries shocked the art world and tantalized the media. What no one realzsed was how much more of the story there was to tell. Written in prison, A Forger's Tale details Shaun's notorious career and the extraordinary circumstances that led to it. From Leonardo drawings to L.S. Lowry paintings, from busts of U.S. presidents to Anglo-Saxon brooches, from cutting-edge Modernism to the ancient art of the Stone Age, Greenhalgh could—and did—copy it all. Told with great wit and charm, this is the definitive account of Britain's most successful and infamous forger, a man whose love for art saturates every page of this extraordinary memoir.
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About the Author
Shaun Greenhalgh lives and works in Bolton. Waldemar Januszczak is Britain's most distinguished art critic. Formerly the art critic of the Guardian, he now writes for the Sunday Times, and has twice won the Critic of the Year award.
Review
"A masterpiece of masquerade...a brilliantly wily reflection on the seductions of art and corruptions of the art world." —Telegraph
"Greenhalgh has a likable voice, pitched midway between Arthur Daley and Philip Marlowe. And, unsurprisingly, he has an eye for detail. . . . The lingering impression is of a man beguiled by image-making." —Observer
"A roundabout love letter to art." —Ben Okri
"Nothing if not lively." —Sunday Times Books of the Year
“At times self-effacing, incensed, and remorseful, Greenhalgh offers a singular perspective on truth and beauty in art.” —Booklist
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- PublisherAtlantic Books
- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 1760295280
- ISBN 13 9781760295288
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages384
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