{"product_id":"a-beautiful-crime-a-novel","title":"A Beautiful Crime: A Novel","description":"Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | O Magazine Best Book of the Year\n“A compelling take on the eternal question of how good people morph into criminals. Terrific.”—People, Book of the Week\nFrom the author of The Destroyers comes an \"intricately plotted and elegantly structured\" (Newsday) story of intrigue and deception, set in contemporary Venice and featuring a young American couple who have set their sights on a risky con.\nWhen Nick Brink and his boyfriend Clay Guillory meet up on the Grand Canal in Venice, they have a plan in mind—and it doesn’t involve a vacation. Nick and Clay are running away from their turbulent lives in New York City, each desperate for a happier, freer future someplace else. Their method of escape? Selling a collection of counterfeit antiques to a brash, unsuspecting American living out his retirement years in a grand palazzo. With Clay’s smarts and Nick’s charm, their scheme is sure to succeed.\nAs it turns out, tricking a millionaire out of money isn’t as easy as it seems, especially when Clay and Nick let greed get the best of them. As Nick falls under the spell of the city’s decrepit magic, Clay comes to terms with personal loss and the price of letting go of the past. Their future awaits, but it is built on disastrous deceits, and more than one life stands in the way of their dreams.\nA Beautiful Crime is a twisty grifter novel with a thriller running through its veins. But it is also a meditation on love, class, race, sexuality, and the legacy of bohemian culture. Tacking between Venice’s soaring aesthetic beauty and its imminent tourist-riddled collapse, Bollen delivers a \"brilliantly conceived international crime story\" (Good Morning America).\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0062853880\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.0062853880.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bollen, Christopher\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41457534697530,"sku":"DBV.0062853880.G","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/0062853880-0.jpg?v=1781120758","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/a-beautiful-crime-a-novel","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}