The Secret History
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch
$21.25
- Paperback
640 pages
- Release Date
3 October 2002
Summary
The dark academia bestseller that defined an age. Truly deserving of the accolade ‘Modern Classic’, Donna Tartt’s cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - incredibly compelling, dramatic and playful.
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they g…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140167771 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140167773 |
| Author: | Donna Tartt |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 640 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 3 October 2002 |
| Weight: | 440g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 129mm x 196mm |
| Series: | Penguin Celebrations |
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Critics Review
A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction The Times So irresistible and seductive it’s almost a guilty pleasure Guardian Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. She’s dense, she’s allusive. She’s a gorgeous storyteller – Stephen King Takes my breath away – Ruth Rendell Brilliant and compulsive Evening Standard A huge, mesmerizing, galloping read Vanity Fair A page-turner in the true sense Independent Brilliant Sunday Times
Donna Tartt
Donna Tartt is an American author whose novels have garnered both critical and public acclaim, with translations published in forty languages.
Her debut novel, The Secret History, was released in 1992. In 2003, she was awarded the WH Smith Literary Award for The Little Friend, which was also a nominee for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Tartt’s most recent novel, The Goldfinch, earned her the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction.
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