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Hunters become the hunted in a pulse-pounding art heist thriller from an international bestselling author. It begins with a tantalizing clue: a recent photograph taken of Raphael's Portrait of a Young Man--one of the most priceless masterworks ever plundered by the Nazis, which disappeared and was believed destroyed. Now, with proof of its existence, the Polish government wants it back. One wrong move and it could vanish forever. Because bound together with the missing artwork are secrets show more that have remained buried for a reason. That's why they've enlisted a woman with the right motives: Dr. Zofia Lorentz, a tenacious historian driven by academic pride and personal desire. Zofia isn't going at it alone. Her crack team of experts includes an ex-paramilitary tactical genius, a slick art dealer with black-market connections, and a beautiful aristocrat who is also a family outcast and one of the most ingenious art thieves in the world. From an isolated mansion in New York to Poland's Tatra Mountains to the frozen Scandinavian wilderness, they're following the trail of an increasingly elusive puzzle--right into a trap that is a cunning work of art in itself. show less

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I only bought this because it was £1, it had good reviews, and i couldn't remember having read any Polish literature before and so i decided that that was something needing to be explored.   And i have to say i'm glad i did explore it.

Yes, admittedly, there's an element of the James Bond fantasy to it, and one does have to suspend a little belief in places, but it's fiction, it isn't supposed to be 100% real.

And if you do bear with it, it does repay you with what turns out to be a great little romp through the art world, albeit, mostly a fantasy art world, a fantasy art world that the nazi's stole and hid away that contains a big secret that some people don't want to be found.

And Zigmunt does have a good dig at the USA along the way show more -- which one could say, mostly isn't fantasy.

All in all, well written and well worth £1, and i'll definitely be trying some more Polish writers when i find some.
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Bardzo naciągana, zbyt sensacyjna (a'la James Bond), eksponowanie poglądów politycznych autora. Na plus: można się dowiedzieć trochę o zaginionych polskich obrazach.
Une histoire sans grand intérêt, arrêtée en cours d'audition. Rendez-moi le superbe procureur Teodore Szacki !
(Il faudrait que je tente une nouvelle écoute : Miloszewski ne peut être aussi ennuyeux - impossible.)
Electre :
Pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une peinture est volée dans le musée de Cracovie. De nos jours, à Varsovie, le gouvernement envoie une équipe de quatre personnes pour la récupérer. Le groupe se rend aux Etats-Unis, sur l'île Sainte-Catherine et en Suède, entre autres. Les secrets qu'il découvre pourraient nuire aux grandes puissances mondiales s'ils étaient divulgués.
Incroyablement mauvais. J'ai insisté car j'avais apprécié sa trilogie policière... Mais là? Un complot ridicule cachant un secret grotesque déjoué par une équipe clownesque.
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Canonical title
Priceless
Original title
Bezcenny
Original publication date
2013; 2018 (English translation) (English translation)
Original language
Polish

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Fiction and Literature, Suspense & Thriller, Mystery
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891.8538Literature & rhetoricLiteratures of other languagesEast Indo-European and Celtic literaturesWest and South Slavic languages (Bulgarian, Slovene, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Serbo-Croatian, and Macedonian)PolishPolish fiction1989–
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½ (3.35)
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