Three New Books on the Art of the Fake

Three new books on the art of forgery and fakes, reviewed in this month’s New York Review of Books.

The books:

Forged: Why Fakes Are the Great Art of Our Age

by Jonathon Keats

Art Forgery: The History of a Modern Obsession

by Thierry Lenain

Caveat Emptor: The Secret Life of an American Art Forger

by Ken Perenyi