THE SECRET HISTORY

Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood Mississippi and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend which have been translated into thirty languages and The Goldfinch.The Secret History succeeds magnificently ... A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously wellpaced entertainment ... Forceful cerebral and impeccably controlledSo irresistible and seductive its almost a guilty pleasureA huge mesmerizing galloping readDonna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. Shes dense shes allusive. Shes a gorgeous storytellerTakes my breath awayBrilliant and compulsiveA haunting compelling and brilliant piece of fiction ... Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture that owes much more to the nineteenth century than to the twentiethTruly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic Donna Tartts cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement both compelling and elegant dramatic and playful.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 for ever.