Friends of the Museum: A Novel

Synopsis

Coworkers at a legendary but troubled New York City museum struggle with issues large and small over the course of one extraordinary day in this whip-smart &“marvel&” (Mona Awad, bestselling author of Bunny) of a novel in the vein of The White Lotus. When Diane Schwebe, the director of a major New York museum, is awakened in the early morning by a text message from the museum&’s lawyer, it is the start of a twenty-four hour roller-coaster ride. Diane has sacrificed many things in her life to help the fading institution stave off irrelevance and financial ruin. In this battle, she&’s surrounded by her stalwart supporters: her enigmatic and tireless personal assistant, Chris; the museum&’s trusty head of security, Shay; and its general counsel, Henry—a man whose ability to weasel his way out of a jam is matched only by his capacity to avoid learning anything from the experience. Orbiting Diane is a motley assortment of museum employees, each on the precipice of collapse or revelation: among them a line cook staring down a huge opportunity he&’s not sure he wants; a costume curator stuck in an inescapable rut; and the ambivalent curator of the museum&’s film program, whose first day on the job might very well be his last. On this day of the museum&’s annual gala, every plate that Diane has kept spinning will fall and by daybreak, someone will be dead. Wise, surprising, and darkly funny, Friends of the Museum is a kaleidoscopic tragicomedy that surges along to the unstoppable tick of the clock, leaving you on the edge of your seat until the final second.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781668031292

Related ISBNs:

9781668031278

Publisher:

Washington Square Press

Date of Addition:

04/15/25

Copyrighted By:

Heather McGowan

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Literature and Fiction

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

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This is a copyrighted book.