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Tartt builds a coming-of-age story around beauty’s ability to console and implicate.
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The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt2014 selection · Literary fiction
The Goldfinch
After an explosion kills his mother, Theo Decker secretly takes a Dutch painting from the wreckage. It follows him through grief, friendship, antiques, addiction, and crime.
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You want an immersive literary page-turner with art and crime.
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