{"product_id":"9780156028592","title":"Codex","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eCodex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Lev Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout to depart on his first vacation in years, Edward Wozny, a hotshot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. His task is to search their library stacks for a precious medieval codex, a treasure kept sealed away for many years and for many reasons. Enlisting the help of passionate medievalist Margaret Napier, Edward is determined to solve the mystery of the codex-to understand its significance to his wealthy clients, and to decipher the seeming parallels between the legend of the codex and an obsessive role-playing computer game that has absorbed him in the dark hours of the night. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe chilling resolution brings together the medieval and the modern aspects of the plot in a twist worthy of earning comparisons to novels by William Gibson and Dan Brown, not to mention those by A. S. Byatt and Umberto Eco. Lev Grossman's Codex is a thriller of the highest order. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003eADVANCE PRAISE FOR CODEX\u003cbr\u003e“As surely as his hero, Edward, falls under the spell of a mysterious\u003cbr\u003emanuscript so does the reader fall under the spell of Lev Grossman’s\u003cbr\u003eintricate plot and vivid characters.Codex is a rare treat for readers\u003cbr\u003eand bibliophiles.”\u003cbr\u003e—MARGOT L I V E S E Y, a u t h o r o f EVA MOVES THE FURNITURE\u003cbr\u003e“Codex makes the game of writing not just engaging but seductive.\u003cbr\u003eHow delightful that Lev Grossman, in a novel about the mysteries of\u003cbr\u003enarrative, has created a page-turner.”\u003cbr\u003e—GLEN DAVID GOLD, a u t h o r o f CARTER BEAT S THE DEVIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780156028592\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":41146588856526,"sku":"9780156028592","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/9780156028592.jpg?v=1650956476","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780156028592","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}