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    612-822-4611

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Ornamental

Ornamental

Cárdenas, Juan
Davis, Lizzie

Paperback

Mystery & ThrillerGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.95

ISBN10: 1566895804
ISBN13: 9781566895804
Publisher: Coffee House Press
Published: Jun 2 2020
Pages: 144
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
The lives of a doctor, his wife, and his patient collide, laying bare the political and personal narratives they have carefully constructed for themselves.

A doctor recruits volunteers for the trial of a new recreational drug that exclusively affects women. Among them is number 4, who becomes emotionally involved with first the scientist, then his wife, a well-known visual artist in the midst of a creative crisis. The scientist is oblivious to the atrocities his new drug will bring to the city; his wife is oblivious to the superfluousness of the objects she has committed her life to exhibiting in galleries and museums. Number 4's presence pierces the couple's complacency, gradually undoing the many certainties they've accumulated in their lives of ease.

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