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Shaun greenhalgh is the author of a forger s tale 3. In 2007, bolton crown court sentenced shaun greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for. Sloan an art memoir with a difference, a forgers tale doesnt trace the life and work of a celebrated artist, but that of shaun greenhalgh, one of britains most infamous art forgers. Confessions of the bolton forger by shaun greenhalgh michael prodger enjoys the busy life of the art forger who fooled the experts michael prodger. In 2007, a judge at bolton crown court sentenced shaun greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Confessions of the bolton forger by shaun greenhalgh will feature on the radio 2 fact not fiction book club on thursday 8 june you can win 10 copies of this fascinating book for your reading group, and we also have an exclusive extract for you to read a forgers tale. A forgers tale shaun greenhalgh haftad 9781760295288. Its the story he wrote in prison after the 2007 conviction for crimes that he details in the book. A forgers tale by shaun greenhalgh is an art memoir with a difference june 14, 2017 jodie b. A forger s tale confessions of the bolton forger book. Greenhalgh is considered britains best forger, and was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison in 2007, where he wrote his hit memoir, a forgers tale.
Written in prison, a forgers tale details shauns notorious career and the extraordinary circumstances that led to it. It s the story he wrote in prison after the 2007 conviction for crimes that he details in the book. Description a forgers tale by shaun greenhalgh in 2007, bolton crown court in the united kingdom sentenced shaun greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. Shaun greenhalgh is the author of a forgers tale 3. The bolton forgers memoir of his career making art fakes in his parents shed is likable but overlong. In addition to the inner workings of the art world, there is something for business people to learn. I well remember the documentary on tv and the comedydrama a short time after. The book is shaun greenhalghs version of the whole story and a very good read it is. Was i was one of the many people fooled by the bolton forger. A forgers tale ebook by shaun greenhalgh rakuten kobo. During the court case, the breadth of his forgeries shocked the art world and tantalised.
Written in prison, a forger s tale details shaun s notorious career and the extraordinary circumstances that led to it. Shaun greenhalgh reveals how he did it and why in a book, a forgers tale. A working class kid from englands north west, whose backyard workshop was jokingly referred by police as the northern annex of the british museum. Forgers tale shaun greenhalgh, waldemar januszczak observers best art book of the year, 2018in 2007, bolton crown court sentenced shaun greenhalgh to four years and eight months in prison for the crime of producing artistic forgeries. The latter is the world which shaun greenhalgh illuminates in his book, a forgers tale. Shaun greenhalgh born 1960 is a british artist and former art forger.