The Curse of Van Gogh

A Novel

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Pub Date 17 Jun 2014 | Archive Date 14 Jan 2015

Description

Tyler Sears, art thief, just released from a Federal prison, vows never again. He slides into a simple life bartending in NYC until one day an invitation arrives to the hottest art event of the season, where Tyler meets Komate Imasu, famed art collector. Suddenly Tyler's vows of abstinence slip away as Imasu uses threats against Tyler's family. Tyler quickly learns that gambling against a ruthless billionaire is never a good idea. Forgetting his own safety, Tyler plunges headfirst into a world of art forgers, hit men, Yakuza, a femme fatale named Chanel N°5, and the hideous curse of van Gogh, in order to pull off...the greatest art heist in history.

Tyler Sears, art thief, just released from a Federal prison, vows never again. He slides into a simple life bartending in NYC until one day an invitation arrives to the hottest art event of the...


Advance Praise

“Hoppe offers a crime thriller about the difficulty of stealing famous art….an inviting story of a modern-day gentleman thief." – Kirkus Reviews

“We think of an art thief as Pierce Brosnan, rich, handsome, too cool to come within miles of arrest. In The Curse of Van Gogh, Paul Hoppe gives us a more credible character: recently out of jail, burdened by family problems, forced to commit the world’s biggest art heist by a billionaire who plans to kill him as soon as he delivers. Oh, and there’s a curse. This is a nail-biter.” --- Jesse Kornbluth, HeadButler.com

“I blazed through Paul Hoppe's fun, fast-paced, and thoroughly entertaining, The Curse of Van Gogh, knowing after only a few pages, that I should save it for some transcontinental flight. But, caught up in the perfectly drawn world of the high stakes, high commerce, and high egos of the international art market and its surrounding riff raff of forgers and thieves and wannabes, I was unable to stop myself. Dive in yourself. You won't come up for air until you reach the last sentence.” – Pete Fromm, author of As Cool As I Am and How All This Started

“A suspenseful crime thriller, deliciously told ... witty and intelligent. You don't need to know anything about art to be gripped by Hoppe's story of the ‘greatest heist in history.’" - Barbara Lynn-Davis, Lecturer in Art and Writing, Wellesley College

“Centered on the downtown New York art world where greed and cool intersect, this thriller has a riveting plot that clicks right along. Sharply drawn, tightly composed, full of delicious details and sparkling dialogue. I loved it.” – Bart Gulley, artist

"The Curse of Van Gogh is a great fast-paced read. It has all of the makings of a story that's 'soon to be a major motion picture.'” – Susan Eisenhower, President of The Eisenhower Group

"The next time Paul Hoppe comes to visit, I'm pulling all the pictures off the guest room walls." -- Robert Sabbag, author of Snowblind

“Hoppe offers a crime thriller about the difficulty of stealing famous art….an inviting story of a modern-day gentleman thief." – Kirkus Reviews

“We think of an art thief as Pierce Brosnan, rich...


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