{"product_id":"9781668031285","title":"Friends of the Museum: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eCoworkers 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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003enovel that is “satirical and incisive...like nothing you’ve ready before” (\u003ci\u003eTown \u0026amp; Country\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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; the museum’s trusty head of security; and its general counsel—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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wise, surprising, and darkly funny, \u003ci\u003eFriends of the Museum\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic “marvel” (Mona Awad, author of \u003ci\u003eBunny\u003c\/i\u003e) that surges along to the unstoppable tick of the clock, leaving you on the edge of your seat until the final second.","brand":"Washington Square Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43121727373373,"sku":"9781668031285","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781668031285_p0.jpg?v=1776857212","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.com\/products\/9781668031285","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}