# The Secret History by Donna Tartt (Paperback)

**Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller _The Secret History_ is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.**

'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' _The Times_

'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' _Guardian_

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.

'Enthralling . . . image the plot of Dostoyevsky's _Crime and Punishment_ crossed with the story of Euripides' _Bacchae_ set against the backdrop of Bret Easton Ellis's _The Rules of Attraction_ . . . forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled . . . ferociously well-paced . . . remarkably powerful' _The New York Times_

'Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. She's dense, she's allusive. She's a gorgeous storyteller' Stephen King

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_.

## Details

- **Price:** 10.49 GBP
- **Vendor:** Penguin Books
- **Type:** Books
- **Tags:** Booktok, Thrillers

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