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The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Book Analysis) : Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt, which follows Theo Decker as he comes to terms with the death of his mother in a terrorist attack and grapples with his guilt over the famous painting he stole in the confusion following the attack. As he grows up, he works in an antique store, falls in love, befriends the cosmopolitan Boris, and gradually becomes drawn into the criminal underworld. The Goldfinch is Donna Tartt’s third novel, after The Secret History in 1992 and The Little Friend in 2002. It quickly became an international bestseller and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction in 2014.

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