{"product_id":"stealing-the-scream-paperback","title":"Stealing the Scream - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTheodore Carter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, masked thieves stole Edvard Munch's The Scream from an Oslo museum. Norwegian police recovered the painting two years later but never explained how or where they'd found it. This 70,000-word literary-leaning, humor-laced, crime novel \u003cem\u003eStealing The Scream\u003c\/em\u003e tells what may have happened. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetired CEO-turned-painter Percival Davenport's criminality starts when, fueled by insecurity, he hires a whiskey-drinking thief to break into museums and hang his paintings. If Percival can pass off his art as museum-quality, he will know he's attained mastery. The \"donations\" attract the attention of Leonard, a Smithsonian guard and amateur sleuth. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Leonard begins collecting the unwanted paintings and searching for the artist, Percival's studies intensify. He develops an obsession with Edvard Munch's \u003cem\u003eThe Scream \u003c\/em\u003eand steals it\u003cem\u003e. W\u003c\/em\u003ehen Leonard and law enforcement agents come knocking at Percival's door, his Tell-Tale-Heart-like anxiety causes him to turn his mansion, and the famous painting, into a roiling inferno. This forces the police into creative means of art restoration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 262\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 15, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42741904015423,"sku":"9781732709751","price":23.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/09775106d7c592b0ecbad4b5df51cc66.webp?v=1765162135","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/stealing-the-scream-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}