Portrait of a Thief
This was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late- afternoon light, Will Chen could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise.
PORTRAIT OF A THIEF is a heist novel pitched as THE FAREWELL meets OCEAN'S ELEVEN, based on a true story of looted Chinese art vanishing from Western museums. It will be published in Spring 2022 by Tiny Reparations Books/Dutton (Penguin Random House).
It has:
- Ambitious Chinese American college students
- Anti-imperialism
- Museum heists
- Fast and Furious-esque street races
- The loss inherent in diaspora