Publisher details

Author: Donna Tartt
Publisher: Penguin
Genre: Fiction
Released: 01 September, 1992
ISBN: 9780140167771

The Secret History

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Synopsis

Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's novel 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.

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About the author

Donna Tartt

Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History , The Little Friend and The Goldfinch, which have been translated into thirty languages.