Donna Tartt. Stated first edition, seventh printing. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013. Both unclipped dust jacket and hardcover are in Near Fine condition. Jacket designed by Keith Hayes. First state dust jacket without gold Pulitzer Prize imprint on front cover. No writing or markings in the book, which is like new, 770 pp.
This was the author's third novel, winner of the Pulitzer Prize (2014) and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction (2014). Amazon selected the novel as the 2013 Best Book of the Year and it was shortlisted for 2013 National Book Critics Circle Award and the Baileys Women's Prize for Fiction. It was also selected as one of the 10 Best Books of 2013 by the editors of the New York Times Book Review.
"It has captivated readers with its immersive storytelling, richly developed characters, and exploration of art, loss, and the search for identity". At the heart of the novel is Theo Decker, a young boy who survives a terrorist bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The traumatic event alters the course of Theo's life, setting him on a tumultuous journey marked by grief, guilt, and a stolen masterpiece-the titular painting, "The Goldfinch" by Carel Fabritius. The narrative unfolds…
