{"product_id":"9780593355367","title":"Silver Nitrate","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Daughter of Doctor Moreau \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e comes a fabulous meld of Mexican horror movies and Nazi occultism: a dark thriller about the curse that haunts a legendary lost film—and awakens one woman’s hidden powers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No one punctures the skin of reality to reveal the lurking, sinister magic beneath better than Silvia Moreno-Garcia.”—Kiersten White, #1 bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF THE SUMMER: \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eNPR, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune, Paste, Lit Hub, CrimeReads\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMontserrat has always been overlooked. She’s a talented sound editor, but she’s left out of the boys’ club running the film industry in ’90s Mexico City. And she’s all but invisible to her best friend, Tristán, a charming if faded soap opera star, though she’s been in love with him since childhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Then Tristán discovers his new neighbor is the cult horror director Abel Urueta, and the legendary auteur claims he can change their lives—even if his tale of a Nazi occultist imbuing magic into highly volatile silver nitrate stock sounds like sheer fantasy. The magic film was never finished, which is why, Urueta swears, his career vanished overnight. He is cursed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Now the director wants Montserrat and Tristán to help him shoot the missing scene and lift the curse . . . but Montserrat soon notices a dark presence following her, and Tristán begins seeing the ghost of his ex-girlfriend.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As they work together to unravel the mystery of the film and the obscure occultist who once roamed their city, Montserrat and Tristán may find that sorcerers and magic are not only the stuff of movies.","brand":"Silvia Moreno-Garcia (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Random House Worlds |  Hardback  |  2023-07-18","offer_id":44151490576639,"sku":"9780593355367","price":37.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_7cbed11e-50ea-45f4-9c5f-0bf370ef8317.jpg?v=1682107528","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780593355367","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}