Anita de Monte Laughs Last

In 1985, Anita de Monte, a rising Latina artist in the New York art world, is found dead, and her name is quickly eclipsed by that of her famous, well-connected husband. By 1998, Raquel, a third-year art history student at an elite university where students of color are the minority, is preparing her thesis and feeling like an outsider among privileged peers. When Raquel becomes involved with a connected older art student and rises through the social ranks, she discovers Anita's all-but-forgotten story and refuses to let it disappear. Told across two timelines and two voices, Xochitl Gonzalez's witty, propulsive novel examines power, love, art, and who gets to be remembered in the gatekept world of the cultural elite.