Art and crime. Exploring the Dark Side of the Art World

"As a librarian/lawyer, McDade is uniquely qualified to relate the saga of a larcenous bibliophile who stole some 18$ million of rare books and letters from Columbia University´s library in the spring of 1994. Drawing on interviews with people involved in the story, but pursposely excluding (the thief) Spiegelman, he chronicles not only the events but also the court´s ground-breaking application of federal sentencing guidelines to "rare and unique elements of our cultural heritage".