Nicked: The True Quest to Steal the Mystical Corpse of a Long-Dead Saint

Speaker: M. T. Anderson

Event Details

Date: 8 March (Saturday)

Time: 10:00am-11:00am

Venue: Soho House Studio, 2F

Price: HKD198

Language: English

Format: Talk

Category: Culture/ History/ Design

Biography:

New York Times best-seller M. T. Anderson writes for children, teens, and adults. He has won the L.A. Times Book Prize for his satirical science fiction novel Feed, and the (American) National Book Award for his historical novel The Pox Party. His novel Landscape with Invisible Hand was made into a movie starring Tiffany Haddish and Asante Blackk. His most recent novel for children, Elf Dog & Owl Head, won a Newbery Honor. His most recent book, a medieval heist novel for adults, is Nicked. He lives in New England.

Description:

New York Times best-selling author M. T. Anderson will talk about the bizarre and fascinating true story behind his new novel, Nicked. In reality, two rival Italian cities raced to steal the corpse of St. Nicholas (Santa Claus) from his tomb in what is now southern Turkey. Anderson will talk about the evidence for this peculiar heist, the details of the theft, the role it played in Mediterranean geopolitics, and how and why he turned it into a swashbuckling monastic romantic comedy. 

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