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Originally Posted by issybird
Thanks. I've just borrowed Metropolitan Stories myself.
Are you familiar with the delightful From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Finkweiler? It's a children's book set in the Met. I've also read The Night Life of the Gods, a comic novel set in the Met by Thorne Smith, author of Topper, but I can't recommend it.
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I had avoided
From Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Finkweiler because it's a children's book, but how can I resist "delightful". Thanks!
BTW, if you're in the neighborhood before late January and are interested in such things, the Met's Sienna painting show is spectacular.