Combining unforgettably vivid characters and thrilling suspense, it is a beautiful, addictive triumph - a sweeping story of loss and obsession, of survival and self-invention, of the deepest mysteries of love, identity and fate. The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of enthralling power. He is alienated and in love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this 'soaring. 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. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in love and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. First, the book is about a very unique subject a painting that has been stolen from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. There are several things that make listeners interested in The Goldfinch. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small, strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld. The Goldfinch was ranked number one on the New York Times Best Sellers list for fiction. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. Categories Adult Fiction, Crime, Thriller and MysteriesĪged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart.
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