Anita de Monte Laughs Last is a p ropulsive\, witty examination of power\, love\, and art\, daring to ask wh o gets to be remembered and who is left behind in the rarefied world of th e elite. In \;1985\, Anita de Monte\, a rising star in the art world\, is found dead in New York City\; her tragic death is the talk of the town . Until it isn&rsquo\;t. By 1998 Anita&rsquo\;s name had been all but forg otten―certainly by the time Raquel\, a third-year art history stude nt was preparing her final thesis. On College Hill\, surrounded by privile ged students whose futures are already paved out for them\, Raquel feels l ike an outsider. Students of color\, like her\, are the minority there\, a nd the pressure to work twice as hard for the same opportunities is no sec ret. But when Raquel becomes romantically involved with a well-connected o lder art student\, she finds herself unexpectedly rising up the social ran ks. As she attempts to straddle both worlds\, she stumbles upon Anita&rsqu o\;s story\, raising questions about the dynamics of her own relationship\ , which eerily mirrors that of the forgotten artist.
\nMoving back a nd forth through time and told from the perspectives of both Anita and Raq uel\, this is surely a novel (and a conversation) that you don&rsquo\;t wa nt to miss.
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