The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) [B0262]

2023 PB printing, with minor wear. WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE "The Goldfinch is a rarity that comes along perhaps half a dozen times per decade, a smartly written literary novel that connects with the heart as well as the mind....Donna Tartt has delivered an extraordinary work of fiction."--Stephen King. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by his longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the underworld of art. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love--and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention, and the ruthless machinations of fate.

From Amazon/GoodReads reviews: "Masterful. I spent a couple of hours today reading and re-reading the last part of the last chapter of this magnificent book. So much meaning and nuance. The entire reading experience was transportive, contemplative, profound, and at the same this book is a gripping and immersive page-turner. I can see why this novel won the Pulitzer. A well deserved honor. This is a novel I will definitely read again."; "My favorite book I have ever read in my life and the end was amazing and so was the beginning and the middle."; "No question this book is amazing and beautiful. It's a Pulitzer Prize winner for a reason and I'm so glad I read it. Boris is one of the best characters I have ever read and I loved this whole book. Half a star off for being almost 800 pages."