Art theft is at the heart of this novel and it's an intriguing story of a young boy. A boy who loses first his dad to abandonment and then his mom to a violent attack.
As we follow his story, I couldn't help but feel his pain, though his life bears no resemblance to anything I have ever experienced. This boy's life is thrown upside down and he makes many bad decisions because of this, with the help of some sketchy people around him.
His absorption with a painting he has stolen, even through th
e traumatic situations he finds himself in the middle of, seems like too much until I saw the need for both the distraction and also the connection he feels to this priceless work of art.
There is danger involved, of course, but also friendship and finally an understanding of life. Or at least as much as can be had for anybody.
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