Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen, Theo Decker,
son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives
an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless
in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is
tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years
clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely
captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal
underworld.
As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the
drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works.
He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him
at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The
Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama
of enthralling power.
Combining unforgettably vivid characters
and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a
sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of
the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.
The Goldfinch - Donna Tartt
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