{"product_id":"9780593701607","title":"Nicked: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Anderson's] own knack for high jinks.\"\u003ci\u003e—New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A] rollicking comic novel.\"—NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"M. T. Anderson is one of our greatest and most precious voices.\"—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians Trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eFrom the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for “liberating” holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the “dreamer,” will be his guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, \u003ci\u003eNicked \u003c\/i\u003eis a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48520883568880,"sku":"9780593701607","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780593701607_p0.jpg?v=1768409831","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780593701607","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}