{"product_id":"book-aubr","title":"The Coffee Trader","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe Edgar Award–winning novel \u003ci\u003eA Conspiracy of Paper\u003c\/i\u003e was one of the most acclaimed  debuts of the year. In his richly suspenseful second novel, author David Liss once again  travels back in time to a crucial moment in cultural and financial history. His destination:  Amsterdam, 1659—a mysterious world of trade populated by schemers and rogues, where  deception rules the day.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e On the world’s first commodities exchange, fortunes are  won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the city’s close-knit  community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the city’s most  envied merchants, Miguel has lost everything in a sudden shift in the sugar markets.  Now, impoverished and humiliated, living on the charity of his petty younger brother,  Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Miguel enters into  a partnership with a seduc-tive Dutchwoman who offers him one last chance at success—a  daring plot to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called “coffee.”  To succeed, Miguel must risk everything he values and test the limits of his commercial  guile, facing not only the chaos of the markets and the greed of his competitors,  but also a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing    to see him ruined. Miguel will  learn that among Amsterdam’s ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks everywhere, and  even friends hide secret agendas.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e With humor, imagination, and mystery, David Liss  depicts a world of subterfuge, danger, and repressed longing, where religious and  cultural traditions clash with the demands of a new and exciting way of doing business.  Readers of historical suspense and lovers of coffee (even decaf) will be up all night  with this beguiling novel.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341176348976,"sku":"BDaubr","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/106424-aubr-Square.jpg?v=1734056025","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-aubr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}