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“It takes a special book to pull me from my genre trappings and Nicked truly is special. I love history. I also love when an author can take real events and give intimate and fully realized voices to people from the past, and create all new characters. Part heist novel, part discourse on how we interact with art, and wholly a conversation on theology and religion: Nicked is a treasure.” - Adam
"Miracles, marvels, saints, sinners, love, plague, and treachery! M. T. Anderson has laid out a medieval feast of a novel, stuffed with everything I could have wished for. If I could canonize him for it, I would. But I’ll settle for shouting about how much I love this book."—Kelly Link, author of The Book of Love
"M. T. Anderson is one of our greatest and most precious voices. His books aren't just brilliantly witty and vastly entertaining, they're fixed stars of wisdom and sanity in our increasingly unhinged universe. When lost, I use them to steer by."—Lev Grossman, author of The Magicians Trilogy and The Bright Sword
The year is 1087, and a pox is sweeping through the Italian city of Bari. When a lowly monk is visited by Saint Nicholas in his dreams, he interprets the vision as a call to serve the sick. But his superiors, and the power brokers they serve, have different plans for the tender-hearted Brother Nicephorus.
Enter Tyun, a charismatic treasure hunter renowned for “liberating” holy relics from their tombs. The seven-hundred-year-old bones of Saint Nicholas are rumored to weep a mysterious liquid that can heal the sick, Tyun says. For the humble price of a small fortune, he will steal the bones and deliver them to Bari, curing the plague and restoring glory to the fallen city. And Nicephorus, the “dreamer,” will be his guide.
- September book pick
- Book club discussion guide
- Access to our monthly meetings
- Underbrush tote-bag (First time members only)
- Ships for free each month
Boxes will begin shipping on 9/6. The in-person meeting will take place on Monday, October 14th at 6:45 CST at Underbrush Books in Rogers.
You can choose to make your Underbrush membership a recurring subscription and receive $5 off each box. Subscriptions will be renewed on the 1st of each month. You will have the option to skip a month without being charged.
