The only thing Theo Decker has of his mother is a small, mysterious painting, which he stole the day she died. Years later, this painting leads Theo on an adventure spanning two continents, a criminal network, and a cast of complex characters.
It is little wonder that Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Stephen King calls The Goldfinch “a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind.” Publisher’s Weekly says, “There’s a bewitching urgency to the narration that’s impossible to resist.”
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