Genre: Novel
Grade B+
Notable People: Donna Tartt
Title: Goldfinch
Review: compelling third novel from Tartt, this is mammoth book- scanning decades in the life of young man who loses his mother in a terrorist attack at a major NY art museum. Cast adrift through a variety of life circumstances- his ultimate bedrock is the infamous 16th century Dutch Master painting he inadvertently took away from the rubble and then has it become his grounded touchstone to his beloved mother. Set alternately in the antiques world of New York and the dream-to-get- rich environs of Las Vegas it is a fascinating study of hope and despair. A worthwhile, but VERY long and sometimes difficult read.