The Fine Art of Fucking Up

It's war at the School of Visual Arts, and nobody's art is safe. Not even Jackson Pollock's!

Your archenemy taunts you with clandestine bacon frying. Your boss feverishly cyberstalks an aging romance novel cover model. Your husband unexpectedly takes in a wayward foreign national. Your best friend reveals a secret relationship with your longstanding workplace crush.

Welcome to the life of Nina Lanning, lone and floundering administrator of a prestigious Midwestern art school. Her colleagues are pioneers of contemporary art movements, inspirational orators, creative virtuosos and the source of constant headaches as they rage against the authority Nina represents. They also happen to be her closest friends.

When once-a-century flooding threatens to destroy the art building, and the priceless Jackson Pollock trapped inside, Nina and her ragtag band of faculty members undertake to rescue the early work of the splatter master. Propelled by disasters both natural and personal, Nina must confront her colleagues, her husband, and most importantly, herself. Cate Dicharry's debut novel is a painfully hysterical examination of what is truly worth saving, and mastering the art of letting go.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Unnamed Press
Published: 04/14/2015
ISBN: 9781939419255
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.60d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 02/01/2015