{"product_id":"9781784161019","title":"John Boyne - A Ladder to the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by John Boyne. Themes include Fiction, Lgbtq+, Gay, Humorous, Literary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft . . . an ingeniously conceived novel that confirms Boyne as one of the most assured writers of his generation.' Hannah Beckerman, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou've heard the old proverb about ambition, that it's like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell; whether or not he should is another matter.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Once Maurice has made his name, he finds himself in need of a fresh idea. He doesn't care where he finds it, as long as it helps him rise to the top. Stories will make him famous, but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is a novel about ambition.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Maurice Swift, the novelist protagonist of John Boyne's \u003ci\u003eA Ladder to the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, is a bookish version of Patricia Highsmith's psychopathic antihero Tom Ripley' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'A dark morality tale in the mould of Patricia Highsmith . . . consistently intriguing' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58221783253366,"sku":null,"price":8.9,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9781784161019.jpg?v=1783434331","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9781784161019","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}