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Michael Finkel

Michael Finkel is the best-selling author of The Stranger in the Woods and True Story. He has reported from more than 50 countries, and lives with his family in northern Utah.

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A man experiences Stendhal syndrome while smiling in front of a red light frame.
High Culture
The love of art drove a man to steal. Is this a real mental illness?
The strange case of cultured ultra-thief Stéphane Breitwieser — who claims “art is my drug” — has divided opinion. Is it Stendhal syndrome?
Michael Finkel
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