{"product_id":"in-the-hand-of-dante-9780316735643","title":"In the Hand of Dante","description":"Deep inside the Vatican library, a priest discovers the rarest and most valuable art object ever found: the manuscript of \u003ci\u003eThe Divine Comedy\u003c\/i\u003e, written in Dante's own hand. Via Sicily, the manuscript makes its way from the priest to a mob boss in New York City, where a writer named Nick Tosches is called to authenticate the prize. For this writer, the temptation is too great: he steals the manuscript in a last-chance bid to have it all. Some will find it offensive; others will declare it transcendent; it is certain to be the most ragingly debated novel of the decade.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Tosches\u003c\/b\u003e is from Newark, New Jersey. He is the author of four previous novels, \u003ci\u003eMe and the Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn the Hands of Dante\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCut Numbers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTrinities\u003c\/i\u003e. His nonfiction works include \u003ci\u003eWhere Dead Voices Gather\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Devil and Sonny Liston\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDino\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePower on Earth\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHellfire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCountry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eUnsung Heroes of Rock 'n' Roll\u003ci\u003e. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726077497618,"sku":"9780316735643","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8a2dbf15-b270-4fe9-83e6-0171c2cac69d.jpg?v=1734853607","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/in-the-hand-of-dante-9780316735643","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}