{"product_id":"9781784161019","title":"A Ladder to the Sky","description":"\u003cp\u003eA psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Sky shows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own. Or so would-be writer Maurice Swift decides very early on in his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA chance encounter in a Berlin hotel with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann gives him an opportunity to ingratiate himself with someone more powerful than him. For Erich is lonely, and he has a story to tell. Whether or not he should do so is another matter entirely.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOnce Maurice has made his name, he sets off in pursuit of other people's stories. He doesn't care where he finds them - or to whom they belong - as long as they help him rise to the top.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eStories will make him famous but they will also make him beg, borrow and steal. They may even make him do worse.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+John+Boyne\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJohn Boyne\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"John Boyne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376685957283,"sku":"9781784161019","price":270.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781784161019_0b4d955c-bb6c-4d07-b298-a4b5551d495a.jpg?v=1776588138","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781784161019","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}