{"product_id":"the-last-bookaneer-paperback","title":"The Last Bookaneer - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMatthew Pearl\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of the \u003ci\u003eDante Club\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of an epic literary heist by a forgotten class of consummate criminals\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ebook\u003c\/b\u003e′\u003cb\u003ea-neer′ (bŏŏk\u003c\/b\u003e′\u003cb\u003ekȧ-nēr′), \u003ci\u003en\u003c\/i\u003e. a literary pirate; an individual capable of doing all that must be done in the universe of books that publishers, authors, and readers must not have a part in\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e London, 1890--Pen Davenport is the most infamous bookaneer in Europe. A master of disguise, he makes his living stalking harbors, coffeehouses, and print shops for the latest manuscript to steal. But this golden age of publishing is on the verge of collapse. For a hundred years, loose copyright laws and a hungry reading public created a unique opportunity: books could easily be published abroad without an author's permission. Authors gained fame but suffered financially--Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson, to name a few--but publishers reaped enormous profits while readers bought books inexpensively. Yet on the eve of the twentieth century, a new international treaty is signed to grind this literary underground to a sharp halt. The bookaneers are on the verge of extinction. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e-bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dante Club\u003c\/i\u003e, Matthew Pearl, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bookaneer \u003c\/i\u003eis the astonishing story of these literary thieves' epic final heist. On the island of Samoa, a dying Robert Louis Stevenson labors over a new novel. The thought of one last book from the great author fires the imaginations of the bookaneers, and soon Davenport sets out for the South Pacific accompanied by his assistant Fergins. But Davenport is hardly the only bookaneer with a mind to pirate Stevenson's last novel. His longtime adversary, the monstrous Belial, appears on the island, and soon Davenport, Fergins, and Belial find themselves embroiled in a conflict larger, perhaps, than literature itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bookanee\u003c\/i\u003er, Pearl crafts a finely wrought tale about a showdown between brilliant men in the last great act of their professions. It is nothing short of a page-turning journey to the heart of a lost era. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eThe Last Bookaneer\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Matthew Pearl has a particular specialty: finding an obscure corner of 19th-century history and spinning from it literary fiction that is thought-provoking, enlightening, smoothly written -- and a ripping good story to boot.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Seattle Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMatthew Pearl \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning and bestselling author of the novels\u003ci\u003e The Dante Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Poe Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Technologists\u003c\/i\u003e. His books have been \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers and international bestsellers translated into more than thirty languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.3 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 26, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47253308178681,"sku":"9780143108092","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/PgJbW24oa49780143108092.webp?v=1768700116","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-last-bookaneer-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}