The Heist (Silva novel)

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The Heist
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First edition (US)
Author Daniel Silva
CountryUnited States
Language English
Series Gabriel Allon series
Genre Spy fiction
Thriller
Publisher HarperCollins
Media typePrint (Hardback and Paperback)
Preceded by The English Girl  
Followed by The English Spy  

The Heist is a 2014 spy novel by Daniel Silva. It is the fourteenth in the Gabriel Allon series. It was released in July 2014 and within two weeks was a New York Times Bestseller. [1] [2] It focused on the recovery of stolen art work. [3] [4]

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Plot and issues

Gabriel Allon, the protagonist, leaves his pregnant wife in Venice to pursue a painting by Caravaggio stolen in 1969, on behalf of the Italian Art Squad. Silva explores the practices of rich criminals hoarding stolen artworks as assets, and has Allon visit the Geneva Freeport. Allon discovers a link between the stolen art and the Syrian regime, which is engaged in a horrific civil war. Anticipating taking over as head of the Israeli secret intelligence agency, Allon assembles an expanded team in Tel Aviv, hoping to gain leverage to help the Syrian populace. [5]

Paintings crucial to the plot of The Heist
Paolo Veronese 024.jpg Vincent van Gogh - Sunflowers - VGM F458.jpg Caravaggio-Nativity(1600).jpg
Virgin Assumed with Saints by Paolo Veronese (restored in Venice by Allon) Sunflowers by Van Gogh (whose theft Allon engineers, and of which he then paints a copy) Nativity with St. Francis and St. Lawrence by Caravaggio (a stolen painting Allon hopes to recover)

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References

  1. "The Heist, coming July 2014!" . Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  2. "Best Sellers". New York Times . Retrieved 30 June 2015.
  3. "The Heist LP". HarperCollins . Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  4. Mattson, Elaine (2014-05-03). "Edmonds Booktalk: May means it's time for warm-weather reading" . Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  5. CBS Mornings (2014-07-16), "Author Daniel Silva sparks intrigue in art theft novel". Retrieved 2023-09-22.