The Goldfinch (First UK edition-first printing)

Tartt, Donna

ISBN 10: 1408704943 / ISBN 13: 9781408704943

Published by Little, Brown, 2013

About this Item

Fine/Near fine.Little,Brown,2013.First UK edition-first printing.Black hardback(silver lettering to spine,small nick on the edges of the cover) in fine condition, with Dj(small tear on the edges of the front Dj cover,two small creases and nicks on the edges of the Dj cover),in near fine condition.Illustrated with a colour plate.Nice and clean pages as new with two small nicks on the edges of the pages,light shelf wear on the Dj cover.771pp.Price un-clipped.A collectable first edition-first printing.Heavy book(approx 1.3 Kg).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Goldfinch (First UK edition-first printing)
• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408704943
• ISBN 13: 9781408704943
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First UK edition-first printing.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

About this title

Synopsis

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle.

The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate.

About the Author

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.