{"product_id":"the-thief-of-time","title":"The Thief of Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eJohn Boyne has become internationally known for his acclaimed novels Crippen and the bestselling The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Now  for the first time in the United States  comes the book that started the career of the author that the Irish Examiner calls \"one of the best and original of the new generation of Irish writers.\"  It is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder of his mother and his stepfathers execution. Matthieus life is characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century ends  he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the twentieth century and the ripe old age of 256 he is suddenly forced to answer an uncomfortable question: what is the worth of immortality without love?  In this carefully crafted novel  John Boyne juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world  weaving together portraits of 1920s Hollywood  the Great Exhibition of 1851  the French Revolution  the Wall Street Crash  and other landmark events into one mans story of murder  love  and redemption.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44956264267829,"sku":"ByrdShop_0312354800","price":97.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780312354800.jpg?v=1770318176","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-thief-of-time","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}