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ART EMERGENCY Edward Dolnick reads from and discusses “The Rescue Artist” (HarperCollins), about the 1994 theft of Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream” from a Norwegian museum and the subsequent attempt by the “world’s greatest art detective” to recover it. Tonight, 7:30 p.m., Barnes & Noble Upper West Side, 2289 Broadway at 82nd Street, 212-362-8835, free.
BOY WONDER The producer and co-director of the new documentary “Murderball,” Dana Adam Shapiro, reads from his debut novel, “The Every Boy” (Houghton Mifflin). It follows the sudden death of a 15-year-old and his father’s attempt to discover the truth by poring over his imaginative and disturbing diaries. The novel is also scheduled to be turned into a film, written and directed by its author. Tonight, 7 p.m., the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. at Tenth Avenue, 212-462-4300, free.
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