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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION
Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.
'A masterpiece' The Times
'Astonishing' Guardian
'Superb' Daily Mail
'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday
'A triumph' Stephen King
'Dazzling' New York Times
Theo Decker, aged thirteen, is left alone in the world after surviving a catastrophe that kills his only close relative - his mother - and tears him away from everything he knows. Tormented by grief, drifting from home to home, he grows increasingly obsessed with a small, enchanting work of art which dominates his imagination and ultimately draws him, as an adult, into a much darker life than he could ever have foreseen.
'A masterpiece' The Times
'Astonishing' Guardian
'Superb' Daily Mail
'A gripping page turner' Independent on Sunday
'A triumph' Stephen King
'Dazzling' New York Times
Ratings and reviews
4.2
422 reviews
Lucy Ashley
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September 3, 2014
Mesmerising and desolate. Haunting and evocative. Rich images of the damaged living and of those who are long departed. Twists and turns and the sought after always just beyond grasp. DT has fully delivered yet again.
Mark Norman
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June 29, 2015
Gets off to a good start and then slowly goes down hill. I found myself skipping sentences and then whole paragraphs towards the end just so I could finish it.
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Pingkan Smith
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July 16, 2015
Exciting page turner from the start til 3/4 of the book where the plot went all over the place followed by dissappointing end. Still a good read but don't put your hope to high.
About the author
Donna Tartt is an American author who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel, The Little Friend, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her most recent novel, The Goldfinch.
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