The Dancing Face
Author: Phillips, Mike
ISBN: 9780241482674
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A sensational, original art heist thriller about the high stakes theft of a priceless African artefact and its dark consequences
University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, The Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention.
Which is exactly what he wants.
But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.
Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?
ISBN: 9780241482674
Publisher: Penguin (General UK)
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 336
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 26mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
A sensational, original art heist thriller about the high stakes theft of a priceless African artefact and its dark consequences
University lecturer Gus knows that stealing the priceless Benin mask, The Dancing Face, from a museum at the heart of the British establishment will gain an avalanche of attention.
Which is exactly what he wants.
But such a risky theft will also inevitably capture the attention of characters with more money, more power, and fewer morals.
Naively entangling his loved ones in his increasingly dangerous pursuit of righteous reparation, is Gus prepared for what it will cost him?
