{"product_id":"9781784161019","title":"A Ladder to the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Boyne, John, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 07\/02\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 448 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Black Swan,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Transworld Publishers Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781784161019\u003cbr\u003e Description:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou've heard the old proverb about ambition, that it's like setting a ladder to the sky. It can lead to a long and painful fall. If you look hard enough, you will find stories pretty much anywhere.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be-novelist Maurice Swift decides early on in his career. A chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated author Erich Ackerman gives Maurice an opportunity.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell; whether or not he should is another matter. Once Maurice has made his name, he finds himself in need of a fresh idea. He doesn't care where he finds it, as long as it helps him rise to the top.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStories will make him famous, but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse. This is a novel about ambition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35020413993113,"sku":"9781784161019","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9781784161019.jpg?v=1602541657","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9781784161019","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}