The Secret HistoryTruly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful. 'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' The Times 'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' Guardian 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 go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. 'Enthralling . . . image the plot of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment crossed with the story of Euripides' Bacchae set against the backdrop of Bret Easton Ellis's The Rules of Attraction . . . forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled . . . ferociously well-paced . . . remarkably powerful' The New York Times 'Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. She's dense, she's allusive. She's a gorgeous storyteller' Stephen King Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend, which have been translated into thirty languages, and The Goldfinch. |
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User Review - Dairyqueen84 - LibraryThingI read this because my teen book club wanted to read it for our monthly book. I did not like The Goldfinch, so I did not go into this with high hopes and I was not disappointed. Richard, Henry, twins ... Read full review
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User Review - Tohno - LibraryThingThis is a hard book to rate. All of the characters are one-dimensional, and the rating should be low. The author's interest in showing off their collection of aesthetic knick-knacks gets old before ... Read full review
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| Title | The Secret History A Penguin Book: Fiction Penguin Red Classics Penguin books |
| Author | Donna Tartt |
| Edition | reprint, revised |
| Publisher | Penguin, 1993 |
| ISBN | 0140167773, 9780140167771 |
| Length | 659 pages |
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