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050	0	0	_aPS3609.V48 _bI48 2017
082	1		_aMYS IVE _2
100	1		_aIves, Lucy _d(1980 -)
245	1	0	_aImpossible views of the world _c/ Lucy Ives
260			_aNew York _b: Penguin Press _c, 2017
300			_a296 p. _c; 24 cm
520			_aA novel, set in a hallowed New York museum, in which a co-worker's disappearance and a mysterious map change a life forever. Stella Krakus, a curator at Manhattan's renowned Central Museum of Art, is having the roughest week in approximately ever. Her soon-to-be ex-husband (the perfectly awful Whit Ghiscolmbe) is stalking her, a workplace romance with "a fascinating, hyper-rational narcissist" is in freefall, and a beloved colleague, Paul, has gone missing. Strange things are afoot: CeMArt's current exhibit is sponsored by a Belgian multinational that wants to take over the world's water supply, she unwittingly stars in a viral video that's making the rounds, and her mother - the imperious, impossibly glamorous Caro - wants to have lunch. It's almost more than she can overanalyze. But the appearance of a mysterious map, depicting a 19th-century utopian settlement, sends Stella - a dogged expert in American graphics and fluidomanie (don't ask) - on an all-consuming research mission.
546			_aEnglish.
650		4	_aMuseum curators _v--Fiction
650		4	_aMuseums _v--Fiction
655		4	_aMystery fiction
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