{"product_id":"9781476783888","title":"Treasure of Sainte Foy","description":"\u003cp\u003eLike Graham Greene and Mary McCarthy before him, MacDonald Harris has written a thriller. And like them, he brings to his story the alchemical talent of a first-class novelist: \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of Sainte Foy\u003c\/i\u003e is not only gripping, but also transcendent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the picturesque, isolated French village of Conques stands the Abbey of Sainte Foy. The church houses a priceless medieval treasure whose centerpiece is a magnificent, three-foot-high statue of the holy martyr Sainte Foy, bejeweled and covered with gold, its strange alabaster eyes gazing ahead as if at a nearby invisible world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo a small group of political terrorists in Toulouse, the treasure is an irresistible target. Working with them is Patrick, a disaffected American art historian, who recruits into the band Marie-Ange, the guide to the church. We see their methodical preparations for the robbery, the growing attraction between Patrick and Marie-Ange, the implacable pursuit of the police—all cool, dramatic, and passionate as a Bogart film. But we also sense the mysterious underworld of the Languedoc, a region of heretics and saints, criminals and martyrs; the stakes of the novel subtly change and ramify; we are caught up in a gorgeous and mystical endgame as the forces of retribution close in; we get the uncanny feeling that at play in the novel are forces unseen and unseeable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat is really at play, of course, is the masterful hand of MacDonald Harris. A native Californian, Harris is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Balloonist\u003c\/i\u003e, nominated for the National Book Award and translated into half a dozen language, and \u003ci\u003ePandora's Galley\u003c\/i\u003e, his mesmerizing tale of the last days of the Venetian Republic. In \u003ci\u003eThe Treasure of Sainte Foy\u003c\/i\u003e, Harris has written a novel that is spellbinding in every sense of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079086248176,"sku":"9781476783888","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781476783888","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}