The Goldfinch: A Novel (Pulitzer Prize for Fiction)

About this book

A young New Yorker grieving his mothers death is pulled into a gritty underworld of art and wealth in this "extraordinary" and beloved Pulitzer Prize winner from the author of The Secret History that "connects with the heart as well as the mind" (Stephen King New York Times Book Review). Theo 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 dont know how to talk to him and tormented above all by a 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 a wealthy and insular art community. As 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. The 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. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld this "soaring masterpiece" examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles Washington Post).