<p><b>**THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> ART BOOK OF THE YEAR**<br>**A <i>Financial Times </i>Best Book of 2023**</b><br><br><b>A revelatory portrait of a great museum and the moving story of one guard''s quest to find solace and meaning in art</b><br><br><b>''Who would have thought that the outstanding art book of you would have been written not by a curator or an art historian or even an artist - but by a museum guard?'' </b><i>Sunday Times</i><br><br>When Patrick¿s older brother dies at twenty-six, all he wants is to retreat. So, he does. He quits his job and seeks refuge in the most beautiful place he can think of: New York¿s Metropolitan Museum of Art.<br><br><i>All the Beauty in the World</i> recounts Patrick¿s time as a museum guard, keeping quiet vigil over some of our greatest treasures and uncovering the Met¿s innermost secrets. As his connection to the art and the life that swirls around it grows, so does Patrick ¿ and gradually he emerges transformed by heartbreak, community and the
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