{"product_id":"the-goldfinch-a-novel","title":"The Goldfinch: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eSummary\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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, New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheo 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonna Tartt is the author of The Goldfinch, which was awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, as well as the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction. Her novels The Secret History and The Little Friend have been translated into 30 languages. She was born in Greenwood, Mississippi and is a graduate of Bennington College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details:\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardcover: 784 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Back Bay Books\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFiction \/ Literary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49411618636050,"sku":"9780316055444","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/3782740.jpg?v=1717475411","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-goldfinch-a-novel","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}