| The Secret History Contributor(s): Tartt, Donna (Author) |
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ISBN: 1400031702 ISBN-13: 9781400031702 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2004 Annotation: Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartt's novel is a remarkable achievement--both compelling and elegant, 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 go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2004271588 |
| Series: Vintage Contemporaries |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.85 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for her most recent novel, The Goldfinch, established herself as a major talent with The Secret History, which has become a contemporary classic. 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 forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill. |