The Book Show #1474 - B. A. Shapiro

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Joe Donahue

Published October 18, 2016 at 3:00 PM EDT

B. A. Shapiro brilliantly captured the world of art-theft and forgery in her critically acclaimed best-selling novel, The Art Forger.

Shapiro’s latest is The Muralist, a story about the birth of abstract-impressionism set against the backdrop of The Great Depression and the eve of World War II.

Aired previously as The Book Show #1435.

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