{"product_id":"the-pale-blue-eye-a-novel","title":"The Pale Blue Eye: A Novel","description":"Now a Netflix film starring Christian Bale, Harry Melling, and Gillian Anderson\u003cbr\u003e“Shockingly clever and devoutly unsentimental . . . reads like a lost classic. Bayard reinvigorates historical fiction.” — New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003eAn ingenious tale of murder and revenge at West Point, featuring a retired detective and a young cadet named Edgar Allan Poe—from the author of Courting Mr. Lincoln.\u003cbr\u003eAt West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope. The next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has removed the dead man's heart.\u003cbr\u003eAugustus Landor—who acquired some renown in his years as a New York City police detective—is called in to discreetly investigate. It's a baffling case Landor must pursue in secret, for the scandal could do irreparable damage to the fledgling institution. But he finds help from an unexpected ally—a moody, young cadet with a penchant for drink, two volumes of poetry to his name, and a murky past that changes from telling to telling.\u003cbr\u003eThe strange and haunted Southern poet, for whom Landor develops a fatherly affection, is named Edgar Allan Poe.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47590161678591,"sku":"*R0013668*","price":9.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/16629773482209.jpg?v=1764089318","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/the-pale-blue-eye-a-novel","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}