{"product_id":"the-man-from-lisbon-a-novel","title":"The man from Lisbon: A novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eA daring fraud makes one man a titan  and brings a nation to its knees  The son of a failing undertaker  Alves Reis was young when he realizedlearned early on that death comes quickly and a man must make his fortune while he can. In 1916  Reis he leftaves Portugal for Angola  where the hardships of colonial life dashed his dream of easy riches. But it is then  at his mostIn desperate straits  that Alves discovers his true talent: forgery.  With an unerring hand  Alves begins to counterfeit. He falsifies diplomas  government documents  currency  and countless checks on his way to perpetrating one of the greatest frauds of the tTwentieth Ccentury. Inspired by the true story of a master swindler  Gifford brings to life a breathtaking international scam. Before Bernie Madoff  before Frank Abagnale  there was Alves Reisa master forger with talent  vision  and an uncompromising drive to succeed  no matter what man  bank  or nation stood in his way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44986704592949,"sku":"ByrdShop_0070231877","price":42.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780070231870.jpg?v=1770914231","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-man-from-lisbon-a-novel","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}