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Book Review: Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro
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Book Review: Con/Artist: The Life and Crimes of the World’s Greatest Art Forger by Tony Tetro

Man of la BookDecember 26, 2023

I specifically enjoyed Mr. Tetro’s techniques of aging his paintings. How he managed to buy old paper, as well as interesting tidbits about art history.

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Book Review: Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva
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Book Review: Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva

Man of la BookFebruary 16, 2023

Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Daniel Silva is the 22nd book in the Gabriel Allon series, where the retired Israeli spy is investigating an art forgery ring

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Fun Facts Friday: Giorgio Vasari
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Fun Facts Friday: Giorgio Vasari

Man of la BookJuly 30, 2021

Giorgio Vasari (30 July, 1515 – 27 June, 1574) was a writer, painter, and engineer from Italy. He is considered to be the foundation of art-history writing.

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Book Review: Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast by Cynthia Saltzman
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Book Review: Plunder: Napoleon’s Theft of Veronese’s Feast by Cynthia Saltzman

Man of la BookMay 26, 2021

The subject might be just one painting, but it also tells of the history of the time, military tactics, art history, and religious and regional politics

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Book Review: The Leonardo Gulag by Kevin Doherty
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Book Review: The Leonardo Gulag by Kevin Doherty

Man of la BookApril 8, 2020

The author captured the feeling of being a foreigner in a place which you intimately know very well. It is a feeling many of us get after visiting our childhood home town, after many years of absence.

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Book Review: The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis
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Book Review: The Last Leonardo by Ben Lewis

Man of la BookJuly 10, 2019

The Last Leonardo: The Secret Lives of the World’s Most Expensive Painting – a non-fiction book about da Vinci’s painting: Salvator Mundi, sold for $450 million

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Book Review: Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by  Brian Raftery
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Book Review: Best. Movie. Year. Ever. by  Brian Raftery

Man of la BookMay 7, 2019

Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen by Brian Raftery examines movies from 1999, a groundbreaking year in cinema with many amazing movies.

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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona
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Book Review: The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona

Man of la BookMarch 25, 2019

The Volunteer by Salvatore Scibona tells of young boy is stranded at Hamburg Fuhlsbuettel Airport in 2010. He speaks no German, it seems as if he was abandoned

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Graphic Novel Review: Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One  by Greg Rucka
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Graphic Novel Review: Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Year One by Greg Rucka

Man of la BookMarch 11, 2019

The art was excellent, very enjoyable and expressive. Strong story and art really make a killer combination in comics and it’s always a pleasure to read one.

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Book Review: The Storm over Paris by William Ian Grubman
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Book Review: The Storm over Paris by William Ian Grubman

Man of la BookFebruary 7, 2019

A historical fiction novel taking place in Paris, 1942, and follows an art dealer trying to save art from the hands of the Nazis.

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