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Find out moreA misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and violence threaten to blow their privileged lives apart, they drag Richard into the nightmare that engulfs them. And soon they enter a terrifying heart of darkness from which they may never return.
Closing date: 30/06/2021
A thriller in the Daphne du Maurier vein, Tartt's debut novel charts the death of innocence among a group of over-privileged New England students. The narrator, Richard Papen, is easily seduced by the snobberies of the classics school at Hampden College, Vermont but - vainly - tries to hold firm against debauchery and murder. (Kirkus UK)
ISBN: 9780140167771
Publication date: 01/07/1993
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback
ISBN: | 9780140167771 |
Publication date: | 1st July 1993 |
Author: | Donna Tartt |
Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
Format: | Paperback |
Pagination: | 640 pages |
Genres: | eBook Favourites, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Thriller / Suspense, |
Collections: | 40+ Novels That Feature Friendship, |
Categories: | Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), |
Donna Tartt was educated at the University of Mississippi and Bennington College. She lives in Mississippi and New York City.Photograph © Timothy Greenfield
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