{"product_id":"the-mirror-thief-paperback-by-martin-seay","title":"The Mirror Thief Paperback by Martin Seay","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eMelville House\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2017-04-11)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e592\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9781612195599\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e555.66\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e20.9 x 14.22 x 4.06\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARTIN SEAY \u003c\/b\u003eis the executive secretary for the village of Wheeling, Illinois. 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