- Publisher:
- VINTAGE CONTEMPORARIES
- Year of publication:
- 2004
- Subject:
- Contemporary fiction
- ISBN:
- 978-1-4000-3170-2
- Pages:
- 559
THE SECRET HISTORY
DONNA TARTT
A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" (Village Voice), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch.
One of The Atlantic's Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
"A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment . . . Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." —The New York Times