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A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece in the tradition of Cloud Atlas. Set in three metropolitan areas in three eras, The Reflection Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The key story is defined in Venice in the 16th century, when the famous makers of Venetian cup were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination - was it reflecting simple certainty, or something more spiritually revealing? - the Venetian mirrors were high tech technology, and subject to professional espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a criminal offenses punishable by death. One man, however - a world-weary war hero with nil to lose - has a program he thinks allows him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten.... On the other hand, in two other Venices - Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice internet casino in NEVADA, circa today - two other schemers release similarly dangerous strategies to get away with a magic formula.... All three experiences will weave collectively into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to place down - an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the long run, results the listener to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice...and the bedazzled sense of having listened to a really original and fascinating work of art.
