Description: SynopsisA 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 "a n accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" ( Village Voice ) , f rom 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, Donna Tartt, winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prizefor hermost recent novel, "The Goldfinch," established herself as a major talent with "The Secret" "History, " which has become acontemporary 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. "From the Trade Paperback edition."", 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
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Book Title: Secret History: a Read with Jenna Pick : a Novel
Number of Pages: 576 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year: 1992
Topic: Psychological, Thrillers / Suspense, Coming of Age
Item Height: 1.6 in
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 28.3 Oz
Author: Donna Tartt
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 5.9 in
Format: Hardcover
