{"product_id":"the-secret-history-by-donna-tartt-230k","title":"The Secret History by Donna Tartt","description":"\u003cp\u003eTruly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic, Donna Tartt's cult bestseller The Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.  'A haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction' The Times  'So irresistible and seductive it's almost a guilty pleasure' Guardian  Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and for ever.  'Enthralling . . . image the plot of Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment crossed with the story of Euripides' Bacchae set against the backdrop of Bret Easton Ellis's The Rules of Attraction . . . forceful, cerebral and impeccably controlled . . . ferociously well-paced . . . remarkably powerful' The New York Times  'Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. She's dense, she's allusive. She's a gorgeous storyteller' Stephen King  Donna Tartt was born in Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College. She is the author of the novels The Secret History and The Little Friend, which have been translated into thirty languages, and The Goldfinch.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41828408131658,"sku":"230k","price":9.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/230k_9475f480-b48d-4d29-9ef7-cb042a7e0675.jpg?v=1782094429","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/the-secret-history-by-donna-tartt-230k","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}