Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt· 2023
From urban metropolis to parched desert and dusty antiques store to Manhattan high society, The Goldfinch is a meditation on loss and belonging that doubles as a psychological thriller. This hardback edition celebrates its 10th anniversary.
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 a longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small 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 story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the mysteries of love, identity and fate.
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From urban metropolis to parched desert and dusty antiques store to Manhattan high society, The Goldfinch is a meditation on loss and belonging that doubles as a psychological thriller. This hardback edition celebrates its 10th anniversary. 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 a longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small 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 story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the mysteries of love, identity and fate.