The Stonebreakers by Philip Hook

The Stonebreakers by Philip Hook

1945, an art historian leads a convoy towards Dresden. Fifty years later, Oswald Ginn is sent a photograph of a masterpiece presumed destroyed in the bombing of Dresden. As the art world speculates, three people are propelled on an international search, and someone sits back and watches.

The Stonebreakers 'Hook's art-world thriller revolves around a simple but imaginative premise.. Hook certainly knows his stuff and it is his convincing re-creation of the insular and often petty-minded art world that sets this book apart' The Sunday Times 'Hook creates a tension which is not hindered by the irascibility of his characters ... a plot which races through 1940s Germany, the Cold War and the affluent '80s with ease' Daily Telegraph 'An excellent novel by an enormously underrated author... It is intensely enjoyable and I can't imagine why it wasn't a bestseller' Nicholas Coleridge, The Week

Philip Hook is a senior director of Sotheby's and appears regularly as picture expert on BBC1's hugely popular The Antiques Roadshow. He read History of Art at Cambridge, where he also gained a soccer blue. He is a passionate Chelsea supporter.

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ISBN 13	9780340635315
ISBN 10	0340635312
Title	The Stonebreakers
Author	Philip Hook
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	1995-09-07
Number of pages	408
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