Stéphane Breitwieser is the most successful art thief known today, who stole somewhere between $1-$3 billion worth of art works (excluding western museums, conquering armies, etc.). But it is not the thievery in itself that makes Breitwieser’s career so interesting, but the questions it gives rise to around motivation, complicity, and restitution. Finkel tells a page burning story of a pitiful man with impeccable taste, and the people closest to him. He juxtaposes Breitwieser’s stated ideological reasoning for his thefts with his actual crimes and the readers are left to ask if he is a liar in addition to a thief. It’s a quick 200 page read, a gripping story, and gives plenty of fodder to discuss concerning the nature of the public’s right to art as well as the psychology that lies behind the thin line between obsession and addiction.