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Art theft and the recovery of priceless stolen pieces is such an interesting topic for many reasons. Dolnick is a remarkable storyteller, and nobody could tell the story in a more engaging way than he does. We are given the story of The Scream by Edvard Munch—plenty of detail regarding who Munch was, the stuff he painted, this specific painting itself, its incredible (as in dumb, shouldn’t have happened) theft in 1994, and everything that led up to its final recovery by Charley Hill a few months later. Woven throughout were some of the details of other art thefts throughout history, and I ate those side stories up as well. This was really splendid and I learned a lot about this side of art history.