{"product_id":"portrait-of-a-thief-grace-d-li-book","title":"Portrait of a Thief by Grace D. Li Book Only (Illumicrate 'Nothing But Thieves' Exclusive)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThis was how things began: Boston on the cusp of fall, the Sackler Museum robbed of 23 pieces of priceless Chinese art. Even in this back room, dust catching the slant of golden, late-afternoon light, Will could hear the sirens. They sounded like a promise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill Chen, a Chinese American art history student at Harvard, has spent most of his life learning about the West - its art, its culture, all that it has taken and called its own. He believes art belongs with its creators, so when a Chinese corporation offers him a (highly illegal) chance to reclaim five priceless sculptures, it's surprisingly easy to say yes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill's crew, fellow students chosen out of his boundless optimism for their skills and loyalty, aren't exactly experienced criminals. Irene is a public policy major at Duke who can talk her way out of anything; Daniel is pre-med with steady hands and dreams of being a surgeon. Lily is an engineering student who races cars in her spare time; and Will is relying on Alex, an MIT dropout turned software engineer, to hack her way in and out of each museum they must rob.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach student has their own complicated relationship with China and the identities they've cultivated as Chinese Americans, but one thing soon becomes certain: they won't say no.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBecause if they succeed? They earn an unfathomable ten million each, and a chance to make history. If they fail, they lose everything . . . and the West wins again.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur Illumicrate Exclusive edition is a Royal hardback, signed by Grace D. Li and features:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn exclusive cover\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoil embossing on the hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSprayed edges\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReverse dust jacket artwork by Little Chmura\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdult contemporary debut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLesbian MC, Chinese American central characters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou'll love this if you like... ragtag teams, atmospheric heists, and t\u003cspan\u003ehoughtful exploration of colonialism, cultural diaspora and identity\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePhotos by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bookwormgram\/?hl=en-gb\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e@bookwormgram\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Illumicrate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54380973719875,"sku":"ILL-0422-BOOK","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3597\/8563\/files\/ILL-0422-BOOK_bookwormgram_cover.jpg?v=1776873814","url":"https:\/\/us.illumicrate.com\/products\/portrait-of-a-thief-grace-d-li-book","provider":"Illumicrate US","version":"1.0","type":"link"}