Aurelie — Chad Taylor

An art thief hired to steal copies of Hokusai's Great Wave must free an original woodblock print from a radioactive safe left abandoned in the wake of the 2011 Japan tsunami.Aurélie is a fast-paced, tightly plotted modern noir short story from the author of the novels Shirker, Electric, Heaven and Departure Lounge.Earlier reviews of Chad Taylor's writing:• Smart, original, surprising and just about as cool as a novel can get – Washington Post• Enigmatic noir – Publishers Weekly• Effortlessly cool – GQ• Accomplished noir… clear and uncluttered –Time Out