The Art of the Heist

Confessions of a Master Art Thief, Rock-and-Roller, and Prodigal Son

De: Myles J. Connor Jr., Jenny Siler - contributor

Narrado por: Wayne Mitchell

Duración: 10 h y 7 m

Resumen del Editor

How 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? The Art of the Heist is a roller-coaster ride of a life, the memoir of America's most infamous art thief Myles Connor.

Once a promising young rock musician, the son of a respected policeman, Myles Connor became one of Boston's most infamous 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. The Art of the Heist is Connor's story-part confession, part thrill ride, and impossible to put down.

©2009 Myles Connor and Jenny Siler (P)2022 Tantor

It was cool

I thought it was cool and was interesting to learn about it. Definitely recommend it for y’all.

Memoirs? Not so sure...

Presented as a telling of true events, this book is more like a script for a heist movie. It is complete with extensive dialogue between criminals and Court proceedings. Miles Connor comes off as an unrepentant thief who seems surprised he ended up the way he did.

The over inflated rhetoric of Mile's Connor's accounts of his criminal misdeeds is not helped by the ultra dramatic reading of the narrator. In trying to emphasize the drama in certain parts of the story, the narrator only enhanced the stink of BS.

I confess I was drawn in by what I had heard of this musician / art thief. But instead of an interesting story of a cultured thief and Boston rocker, this reads as just another criminal story. But with the added unsavory twist that he considers himself such a stand-up guy....and he's OK with the outcome of everything... including the never returned items from the Gardener heist.

probably best enjoyed by someone familiar with Boston and the crime scene in the '70s and '80s.

Informational and Informative

Told in a rough Boston accent, this memoir discusses thrilling heists and rock concerts, while giving a walking tour of the art world, organized crime, and the prison system. Connor is unafraid to be unlikable by confessing to all sorts of crime, while also reiterating his strict moral code when discussing the crimes he didn't commit. The best novelist couldn't make this story up

What an idiot, the bravado in his voice,

I disliked the way he didn’t mind the people that he hurt, the way he destroyed fine art. Honestly, it was hard to listen to his voice because all you could hear was how proud he was of himself. Susan Shepard