Anne Bogel

And they move together to Marfa, Texas, because that's where the billionaire's lab is.

I've never been to Marfa, Texas, but I have really enjoyed the books I have read that include stops in Marfa, Texas.

And I think this might be the first one I read that's set entirely in Marfa, Texas.

But art is big in Marfa, Texas.

It is a real destination.

So while Noah is off trying to figure out this dangerous kind of time travel thing, bad things are happening to Noah and his work and his marriage.

But the stakes are even higher than that.

And that sci-fi kind of story will be deeply compelling to some readers.

But let's talk about the setting and the art.

for you.

Much of the action takes place in Marfa, Texas, which is such a cool place that many of us have only been to and perhaps will only go to on the page.

And Maya is an artist from Japan and her career and interests feature prominently in this book, how she's thinking about her work and her field and her friends who are artists, her friends who have left.

There is so much art in these pages.

I did so much Googling.

And my search history just makes me smile when I think about it.

I looked up so much Donald Judd and Kusama's Infinity Mirror Rooms.

Now, you want to go to the Detroit Museum.

I want to see an Infinity Mirror Room in person now, and it's because of this book.

The Marfa ghost lights, the protagonist describes her visceral reactions to some works she sees, like a Donald Judd installation that she saw and took in and just started crying.

And she walks you through why.