In a 2013 novel, a bombing at a museum in this city kills Theo Decker's mother and leaves him in possession of the title painting of a bird.
At an antique shop in this city, a literary protagonist is kissed by a young bedridden ⎜autist named Pippa and tastes a hint of her morphine lollipop on his lips. Before the wealthy Barbours can adopt that character, he moves from this city to join his father in Las Vegas, where he befriends Boris Pavlikovsky. In a 2013 novel, a bombing at a museum in this city kills Theo Decker's mother and leaves him in possession of the title painting of a bird. Another novel set in this city opens during "the summer they executed the Rosenbergs," with the protagonist interning at Ladies' Day magazine. Life in this city leads to depression and electroshock therapy for Esther Greenwood in The Bell Jar. For 10 points, what city, in Donna Tartt's The Gold⎜nch, is the site of a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art?
At an antique shop in this city, a literary protagonist is kissed by a young bedridden ⎜autist named Pippa and tastes a hint of her morphine lollipop on his lips.
New York City [or NYC]