The Secret History, 9780140167771
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Elite students unlock dark secrets, blurring lines between life and death.
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The Secret History

from the pulitzer prize-winning author of the goldfinch

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  • Paperback

    640 pages

  • Release Date

    2 October 2002

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Summary

The Secret History: A Dark Academia 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 for ever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780140167771
ISBN-10:0140167773
Series:Penguin Celebrations
Author:Donna Tartt
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:640
Edition:1st
Release Date:2 October 2002
Weight:440g
Dimensions:199mm x 130mm x 30mm
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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

About The Author

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt is an American author who has achieved critical and public acclaim for her novels, which have been published in forty languages. Her first novel, The Secret History, was published in 1992. In 2003 she received the WH Smith Literary Award for her novel, The Little Friend, which was also nominated for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She won the Pulitzer Prize and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction for her most recent novel, The Goldfinch.

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