The Mirror Thief

The Mirror Thief is a 2016 debut novel authored by Martin Seay. "Set in three different versions of Venice (Italy, California, and Las Vegas) during three different time periods (16th century, mid-20th, early 21st)," it follows Mark Lawson's reading of The Mirror Thief, a book tied to Stanley Glass.

The Mirror Thief
First edition
AuthorsMartin Seay
LanguageEnglish
Genrefiction
PublisherMelville House
Publication date
2016
ISBN9781612195599
OCLC1004774853

Plot

The plot is "set in three different versions of Venice (Italy, California, and Las Vegas) during three different time periods (16th century, mid-20th, early 21st)."[1] It follows Curtis Stone as he looks for card counter Stanley Glass in Las Vegas, Nevada, but instead finds a book which "inspired" Glass's life called The Mirror Thief; this takes Stone into a mise en abyme through his reading.[2]

In a review for The Guardian, Mark Lawson noted that "Topics under consideration range from why bingo is a fascist game, through penetrating reflections on the poetry of Ezra Pound and techniques of glass-making, to the visual resemblance between the French philosopher Michel Foucault and the Greek-American actor Telly Savalas."[3]

Critical reception

The novel received good reviews from The New York Times and The Guardian.[2][3]

References
  1. Morgan, Adam (June 21, 2016). "How Martin Seay Wrote 'The Mirror Thief'". The Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  2. Thomas, Scarlett (May 27, 2016). "'The Mirror Thief,' by Martin Seay". The New York Times. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
  3. Lawson, Mark (June 23, 2016). "The Mirror Thief by Martin Seay review – a clever, time-hopping debut". The Guardian. Retrieved October 29, 2017.


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