Goldfinch - Donna Tartt

[coppice]

I cannot recommend this book too highly; huge- 850 pages - but utterly dazzling prose. I have read few , if any books , which better enable the reader to visualise the subject matter. The descriptions (of anything - New York , Vegas, Amsterdam , the interior of a flat , a murder , a gesture) are extraordinary and the plot just keeps on giving.

[Silver]

I read this recently too and thoroughly enjoyed it. Superb read.

I recently introduced a work colleague to The Secret History (which is one of my favourite books ever) and he grudgingly agreed to give it a go. Came back from holiday and he was utterly hooked and desperate to analyse it with me.

[EdJ]

coppice said:

I cannot recommend this book too highly; huge- 850 pages - but utterly dazzling prose. I have read few , if any books , which better enable the reader to visualise the subject matter. The descriptions (of anything - New York , Vegas, Amsterdam , the interior of a flat , a murder , a gesture) are extraordinary and the plot just keeps on giving.

I also recently read this book. Completely agree with you about the prose - I found myself highlighting loads of passages on my Kindle which I hardly ever do. I'm looking forward to starting Secret History shortly.

[ATV]

The Secret History is a fantastic book and I'd recommend it to anyone. I can't quite put my finger on it but it's very lyrical.

I got her second novel The Little Friend. I've started it twice and stopped reading for some reason. The opening pages are some of the best stuff she's done but when we get to some of the teenage characters I get bored, it doesn't have the driving plot like The Secret History

Looking forward to this new one though