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‘Everything, somehow, fit together some sly and benevolent Providence was revealing itself by degrees and I felt myself trembling on the brink of a fabulous discovery, as though any morning it was all going to come together-my future, my past, the whole of my life-and I was going to sit up in bed like a thunderbolt and say oh! oh! oh!’ The 30th anniversary edition of the bestseller that defined an age

Genres: Fiction, Contemporary, Crime, Mystery

This is an intensely vivid and compelling read the crisp, penetrating tone, the nuanced descriptions of human behaviour and social interactions, the calculated and controlled development of characters. And as the group are forced to commit murder again to cover their tracks, you bear witness to the unravelling of each protagonist. I can’t deny that when I was first recommended this book – a story which revolves around a group of insular, not entirely likeable, fiercely intelligent classicists, who head off to the woods to recreate a Dionysiac ritual, are discovered and then, in th eir altered states of mind, commit murder … well, I thought it might be a challenging story to fully engage with.īut Tartt’s writing is such that you don’t question it, you accept it. It is a haunting, relentless and exquisitely descriptive psychological thriller set against the alcohol-fuelled, angst-laden backdrop of youthful self-discovery and college life. The Secret History is a tale of two murders committed by a close-knit group of classicists, studying at a college in Vermont.Ĭomposed a bit like a modern-day Greek tragedy, the ‘who and what’ of the murder is revealed from the outset, which means you are immediately plunged into the ‘how and why’ and become seemingly complicit in a world bound by secrets. So this week I am saluting The Favourite Read. I have a worrying number of books.Īnyway, the beautiful outcome of this was that I came across my battered copy of The Secret History its creased pages and pencilled notes an indication of the many times it has been read. I stupidly thought, ‘it’s a one-bed flat, how long can it take?’ Apparently days. A s part of this dust- ridden and paint – flecked process I had to box u p my possessions. I am in the midst of refurbishing my flat.