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4376704Nickedhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/nicked-9780593868669/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4189874/image.jpg?v=638531422889000000359359MXNPenguin Random House Audio Publishing GroupInStock/Audiolibros/<p>AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Feed</em> comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint</p><p>"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Andersons] own knack for high jinks."<em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"[A] rollicking comic novel."NPR</p><p>The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.</p><p>Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for liberating holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the dreamer, will be his guide.</p><p>What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, <em>Nicked</em> is a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.</p>...4301010Nicked359359https://www.gandhi.com.mx/nicked-9780593868669/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4189874/image.jpg?v=638531422889000000InStockMXN99999DIAudiolibro20249780593868669_W3siaWQiOiIwNWFkMzYzOC0xMzFjLTQ4YjMtOTlhMi1iNTdhYTFkYWZhZDciLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjM1MCwiZGlzY291bnQiOjAsInNlbGxpbmdQcmljZSI6MzUwLCJpbmNsdWRlc1RheCI6dHJ1ZSwicHJpY2VUeXBlIjoiV2hvbGVzYWxlIiwiY3VycmVuY3kiOiJNWE4iLCJmcm9tIjoiMjAyNC0xMi0wMVQwMDowMDowMFoiLCJyZWdpb24iOiJNWCIsImlzUHJlb3JkZXIiOmZhbHNlLCJpc0VsaWdpYmxlRm9yQ3JlZGl0VHJpYWwiOnRydWUsImNyZWRpdFB1cmNoYXNlUHJpY2UiOjF9XQ==9780593868669_<p><strong>From the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Feed</em> comes a raucous and slyly funny adult fiction debut, about the quest to steal the mystical bones of a long-dead saint</strong></p><p>The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian port city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to action. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.<br />Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for liberating holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas rest in distant Myra, Tyun explains, and theyre rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick. For the humble price of a small fortune, Tyun will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the dreamer, will be his guide.<br />What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tidesand alongside even stranger bedfellowsto commit an act of sacrilege. Based on real historical accounts, <em>Nicked</em> is a wildly imaginative, genre-defying, and delightfully queer adventure, full of romance, intrigue, and wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.</p>...(*_*)9780593868669_<p>"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Andersons] own knack for high jinks."<em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"[A] rollicking comic novel."NPR</p><p>"M. T. Anderson is one of our greatest and most precious voices."Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians Trilogy</p><p>AN NPR BEST BOOK OF 2024 From the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Feed</em> comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint</p><p>The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.</p><p>Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for liberating holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the dreamer, will be his guide.</p><p>What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, <em>Nicked</em> is a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.</p>...(*_*)9780593868669_<p>AN NPR NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR From the award-winning and bestselling author of <em>Feed</em> comes a raucous, slyly funny, and delightfully queer work of historical fantasy, based on a bizarre but true quest to steal the mystical corpse of a long-dead saint</p><p>"[An] uproarious saga . . . drawing on contemporary accounts, fantastical folk tales, and [Andersons] own knack for high jinks."<em>New York Times Book Review</em></p><p>"[A] rollicking comic novel."NPR</p><p>The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.</p><p>Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for liberating holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the dreamer, will be his guide.</p><p>What follows is a heist for the ages, as Nicephorus is swept away on strange tides, and alongside even stranger bedfellows, to commit sacrilegious theft. Based on real historical accounts, <em>Nicked</em> is a swashbuckling saga, a medieval novel noir, a meditation on the miraculous, and a monastic meet-cute, filled with wide-eyed wonder at the world that awaits beyond our own borders.</p>...9780593868669_Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Groupaudiolibro_9780593868669_9780593868669M. T.InglésMéxico2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00NoMINUTE2024-07-23T00:00:00+00:00Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group