"The Lost Van Gogh" - A Conversation with Best-Selling Author Jonathan Santlofer

Jonathan Santlofer talks about his latest novel, "The Last Van Gogh," on this edition of "Some Books Considered." Does another self-portrait of Van Gough exist? How could it have remained hidden all these years and what would it be worth today? The new book from Santlofer features continuing characters from "The Last Mona Lisa" novel. The novel explores finding a rumored lost self-portrait that Vincent Van Gogh painted shortly before his death. This historical fiction novel explores the notion that the portrait has survived. Apart from the novel, Sanlofer also shares his thoughts on the likelihood of the portrait existing today. Jonathan Santlofer is an author and artist. His previous novels include “The Last Mona Lisa,” “The Death Artist,” and “Color Blind” among others. His artwork has been exhibited in galleries worldwide and he has been making replications of famous paintings for over twenty years as “a legal counterfeiter.” He joins us to talk about his latest novel, “The Lost Van Gogh.” =========== Book Description from Amazon Listing "The Last Van Gogh" by Jonathan Santlofer THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER! "Ingeniously plotted, irresistibly readable, brimming with inside information about the high-stakes art world of theft, forgery, and murder...Also included are brilliantly rendered drawings by the author, who is as accomplished an artist as he is a writer of suspense thrillers." ―Joyce Carol Oates From the author of the much-praised The Last Mona Lisa comes another thrilling story of masterpieces, masterminds, and mystery. For years, there have been whispers that, before his death, Van Gogh completed a final self-portrait. Curators and art historians have savored this rumor, hoping it could illuminate some of the troubled artist's many secrets, but even they have to concede that the missing painting is likely lost forever. But when Luke Perrone, artist and great-grandson of the man who stole the Mona Lisa, and Alexis Verde, daughter of a notorious art thief, discover what may be the missing portrait, they are drawn into a most epic art puzzles. When only days later the painting disappears again, they are reunited with INTERPOL agent John Washington Smith in a dangerous and deadly search that will not only expose secrets of the artist's last days but draws them into one of history's darkest eras. Beneath the paint and canvas, beneath the beauty and the legend, the artwork has become linked with something evil, something that continues to flourish on the dark web and on the shadiest corridors of the underground art world. =========== Here is a link to purchase a copy of "The Lost Van Gogh" - https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Van-Gogh-... =========== Hi! I'm Dan Skinner. Thanks for watching this edition of "Some Books Considered." The Kids' Bookshelf    / @thekidsbookshelf   #books #art #artist #vincentvangogh #vangogh #crimenovel #mysterynovel #mysterybooks #artmystery #crimestory #lostart #vangoghart #mysterynovels