{"product_id":"the-forgers-requiem-9780802166517","title":"The Forger's Requiem","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Like the love child of Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Conan Doyle . . . delightful to read.\"--NPR.org, on \u003cem\u003eThe Forgers\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA gripping literary thriller that brings readers inside the world of expert forgery, rivalrous fury, and generations of dark family secrets, with Mary Shelley's voice and life woven throughout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way--armed with a devastating secret about Will's past.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein. As Nicole's skill grows, so does her devotion to--and doubts about--her father's integrity, until she commits the ultimate betrayal for the sake of his freedom. With breathtakingly precise background knowledge and virtuoso execution, Nicole forges a suite of brilliantly convincing and surpassingly valuable letters by \u003cem\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/em\u003e author Mary Shelley--planting within them the seeds of Slader's doom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoving between upstate New York, a village in Ireland, London, and ending in a shocking standoff at the site of Mary Shelley's grave in a coastal town in Southern England, \u003cem\u003eThe Forger's Requiem\u003c\/em\u003e is both a compelling standalone novel and the crescendo ending to the trilogy Joyce Carol Oates has called \"lethally enthralling to read.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBradford Morrow\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of nine novels and a short story collection. He is the founding editor of Conjunctions and has contributed to many anthologies and journals. A Bard Center Fellow and professor of literature at Bard College, he lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Atlantic Crime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51807226560786,"sku":"9780802166517","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6bf5908c-3ed7-4f73-a85c-64753f2980e2.jpg?v=1766046329","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-forgers-requiem-9780802166517","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}