{"product_id":"hand-on-the-run-michael-noonan-9781662530609","title":"Hand on the Run: The Wild True Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bizarre true story of the world's first hand transplant, the surgeons who made it happen, and the compulsive thief who got a new set of fingerprints--and took them on the lam.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen surgeons completed the world's first hand transplant in 1998, it was supposed to be a moment of triumph. Never before had a dead man's limb been grafted onto the living, and the possibilities for amputees, accident victims, and those born with congenital defects were nothing short of extraordinary.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the patient they chose--Clint Hallam, a businessman from New Zealand who longed to hold both of his children's hands, embrace his wife, and play the piano again--wasn't who he claimed to be. What they didn't know, and what the media soon discovered, was that Clint was a convicted thief on the run from police and ready to steal again--with a new set of fingerprints.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the astonishing true story of a team of doctors who performed the impossible, the patient who conned them, and the media manhunt that captivated the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Noonan,Will Peakin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1662530609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781662530609\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Michael Noonan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48874547937535,"sku":"9781662530609","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hand-on-the-run-michael-noonan-9781662530609","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}