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Katy N., January 2, 2011 (view all comments by Katy N.)
The story of six Greek studies students attending an elite Vermont college. One of the group is murdered by the others. The narrator is the only one in the group that is not of a wealthy family though this is not an important fact. It is author Donna Tartt's complex analysis and ability to describe the psychology and inevitability of the outcome that makes this such a good book. At the novel's end I felt I knew the characters very well.

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Lisa LAylon, January 1, 2010 (view all comments by Lisa LAylon)
The language, and situations set forth in this book had the most profound effect on me. It is amazing the lengths Richard went to for the feeling of belonging. That he was able to cast his morals aside is a tribute to the authors genius.

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Olivia, January 7, 2009 (view all comments by Olivia)
I dove for this after tearing through Pessl's "Special Topics in Calamity Physics," eager for another literary suspense-cum-prep school confidential tome. The beginning was a bit denser than I'd anticipated, yet after slogging through the first 50 or 75 pages I soon began tearing through the book. Tartt's language is bleak and beautiful, evoking the solitude and splendor of college town Vermont. Clearly she has done her Greek homework, fashioning a tragedy worthy of Sophocles or Euripides around a rather motley group of students religiously devoting their studies to the culture and history that would ultimately determine their own fates. The story is utterly mind-nourishing and when it comes to a head in one felt crescendo, it's breathtaking.

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780804111355

Author:

Tartt, Donna

Publisher:

Ballantine Books

Location:

New York :

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Fiction

Subject:

Psychological

Copyright:

1992

Edition Description:

1st U.S. Ballantine ed.

Series Volume:

29

Publication Date:

October 1993

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbou

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Yes

Pages:

512

Dimensions:

6.84x4.21x1.13 in. .57 lbs.