Podcast

I headed to the NPR site and, naturally, headed for book discussions.

One featured an interview with Edward Dolnick, author of "The Forger's Spell," an account of what the author contends was the greatest art forgery case of the 20th century.

The forger was a Dutchman, one Hans van Meegeren, who pocketed some $30 million selling fake Vermeer canvasses during the World War II years. One of his buyers was No. 2 Nazi strongman Hermann Goering, who traded 137 authentic (and stolen by the Germans) art works for a single (forged) Vermeer.

Good interview, and at 8 minutes, long enough to give you enough details to know if I would like to read the book.