{"product_id":"9781612195599","title":"The Mirror Thief","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eSeay, Martin\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eMelville House\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece hailed by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e as \"Audaciously well written … the book I was raving about to my friends before I'd even finished it.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eSet in three different eras, and in three different locations—all, coincidentally, named Venice—this “startling, beautiful gem of a book” (NPR) calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThe core story is set in sixteenth-century Venice, where, on the island of Murano, the famed makers of Venetian glass were\u003cu\u003e \u003c\/u\u003eperfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ewas it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing?\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ethe Venetian mirrors were state-of-the-art technology, subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. Thus, for the skilled craftsmen that made them, any attempt to leave the island—to steal the technology—was a crime punishable by death. One man, however\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ea world-weary war hero with nothing to lose\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ehas a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten . . .\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eMeanwhile, in two other Venices\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eVenice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003etwo other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAll three stories weave together into a spell-binding tour de force that is impossible to put down\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003ean old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the reader to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice . . . and the bedazzled sense of having read a truly original and thrilling work of art.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42914230042879,"sku":"9781612195599","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9781612195599_s600x595.jpg?v=1782318979","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9781612195599","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}