Summary

In Chapter 23, Danielle reflects on Alizée’s diagnosis and abrupt discharge from the sanatorium. A patient with as many symptoms as Alizée “would never have been allowed to leave after just two days. “Grand-pére must have visited Bloom during his search; he was a doctor and wouldn’t have been easily fooled” (153). Danielle considers cover up or conspiracy, before concluding that she “was clearly watching too much television” (153). Danielle studies 'Turned,' recognizes parallels between it and Picasso’s 'Guernica.' She realizes that the paintings at Christie’s “weren’t separate paintings; each was a piece of a greater whole, possibly huge” (154). Danielle is not permitted to use the Christie database to search Alizée, nor does she have “access to expensive research journals only a university could afford. Same for journalists” (155). She contacts her closest childhood friend, Diane...