{"product_id":"the-curator-paperback","title":"The Curator - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOwen King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author Owen King, who \"writes with witty verve\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) comes a \"richly imagined\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) Dickensian fantasy of illusion and charm where cats are revered as religious figures, thieves are noble, scholars are revolutionaries, and conjurers are the most wonderful criminals you can imagine.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt begins in an unnamed city nicknamed \"the Fairest\", it is distinguished by many things from the river fair to the mountains that split the municipality in half; its theaters and many museums; the Morgue Ship; and, like all cities, but maybe especially so, by its essential unmappability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDora, a former domestic servant at the university has a secret desire--to understand the mystery of her brother's death, believing that the answer lies within The Museum of Psykical Research, where he worked when Dora was a child. With the city amidst a revolutionary upheaval, where citizens like Robert Barnes, her lover and a student radical, are now in positions of authority, Dora contrives to gain the curatorship of the half-forgotten museum only to find it all but burnt to the ground, with the neighboring museums oddly untouched. Robert offers her one of these, The National Museum of the Worker. However, neither this museum, nor the street it is hidden away on, nor Dora herself, are what they at first appear to be. Set against the backdrop of an oddly familiar and wondrous city on the verge of collapse, Dora's search for the truth will unravel a monstrous conspiracy and bring her to the edge of worlds.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOwen King is the author of the novel \u003ci\u003eDouble Feature\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWe're All in This Together: A Novella and Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eIntro to Alien Invasion\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eWho Can Save Us Now? Brand-New Superheroes and Their Amazing (Short) Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in upstate New York with his wife, the writer Kelly Braffet, and their daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 12, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748881531168,"sku":"9781982196813","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/45d86afc56d0fbf2de88bab68b1c79d3.webp?v=1779919039","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-curator-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}