Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Rembrandt Affair


I've finished The Rembrandt Affair by Daniel Silva and am glad to have done so (too long). A Rembrandt painting is stolen from a restorer who is murdered during the theft. An Israeli spy, Gabriel Allon, is asked to find it. In the process Gabriel finds much more than a painting. There are links to the Holocaust and then in the "current" day, links to Iran developing its nuclear weapons capability. So there are lots of baddies and the "goodies" - Israeli spy network, British and American intelligence agencies. Spy stories are not my favourite genre, but it was a fair read. Some interesting historical information and about the art theft trade in the Author's Note at the end. 31/2/5

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