{"product_id":"9781786330147","title":"The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA page-turning story of a bizarre and shocking crime, and one man's relentless quest for justice. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWho is Edwin Rist? Genius or Narcissist? Mastermind or Pawn?\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eOne summer evening in 2009, twenty-year-old musical prodigy Edwin Rist broke into the British Museum of Natural History. Hours later, he slipped away with a suitcase full of rare bird specimens collected over the centuries from across the world, all featuring a dazzling array of priceless feathers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eKirk Wallace Johnson was waist-deep in a river in New Mexico when he first heard about the heist, from his fly-fishing guide. When he discovered that the thief evaded prison, and that half the birds were never recovered, Johnson embarked upon a years-long worldwide investigation which led him deep into the fiercely secretive underground community obsessed with the Victorian art of salmon fly-tying.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eA page-turning story of a bizarre and shocking crime, The Feather Thief shines a light on our fraught relationship with the natural world's most beautiful and valuable wonders, and one man's relentless quest for justice.\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+Kirk+Wallace+Johnson\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eKirk Wallace Johnson\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Kirk Wallace Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376670326947,"sku":"9781786330147","price":320.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9781786330147_c60eb0f4-0052-4b83-9310-7ac542c21bcf.jpg?v=1776591116","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9781786330147","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}