The masterpiece : a novel

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Label

The masterpiece : a novel

Title remainder

a novel

Statement of responsibility

Fiona Davis

Title variation

Master-piece

Title variation remainder

a novel

Creator

• Davis, Fiona, 1966-

Author

• Davis, Fiona, 1966-

Subject

• Historical fiction
• Nineteen twenties -- Fiction
• Missing persons -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Divorced women -- Fiction
• Women artists -- Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• Nineteen seventies -- Fiction
• New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction
• Masterpiece, Artistic -- Fiction

Genre

• Fiction
• Detective and mystery fiction
• Historical fiction

Language

eng

Summary

"For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a 'woman artist'. Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded-- even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter --Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided by the looming Great Depression, an insatiable monster with the power to destroy the entire art scene. Nearly fifty years later, in 1974, the terminal has declined almost as sharply as Virginia Clay's life. Full of grime and danger, from the smoke-blackened ceiling to the pickpockets and drug dealers who roam the floor, Grand Central is at the center of a fierce lawsuit: Is the once-grand building a landmark to be preserved, or a cancer to be demolished? For Virginia, it is simply her last resort"--

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

813/.6

Index

no index present

LC call number

PS3604.A95695

LC item number

M38 2018

Literary form

fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography