{"product_id":"nicked-paperback-1","title":"Nicked - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eM. T. Anderson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR - From 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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] rollicking comic novel.\"--NPR \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The 11th century queer romantic adventure you didn't know you were looking for.\"--\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! A medieval feast of a novel, stuffed with everything I could have wished for.\"--Kelly Link, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Love\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eM. T. ANDERSON\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eFeed\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist and winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2006 National Book Award; and \u003ci\u003eSymphony for the City of the Dead: Dmitri Shostakovich and the Siege of Leningrad\u003c\/i\u003e, a Boston Globe-Horn Book Prize winner, among many other books for children and young adults. He is also the author of three graphic novels, including \u003ci\u003eThe Assassination of Brangwain Spurge\u003c\/i\u003e, a National Book Award finalist, with Eugene Yelchin. \u003ci\u003eElf Dog \u0026amp; Owl Head\u003c\/i\u003e, his most recent novel for children, won a Newbery Honor. He lives in New England.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43479380099207,"sku":"9780593688007","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3cxb2Q2q_n9780593688007.webp?v=1763301190","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/nicked-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}