The Secret History
A Novel
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2002.
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A READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK * ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE 'S 100 BEST MYSTERY AND THRILLER BOOKS OF ALL TIME * INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * A contemporary literary classic and "an accomplished psychological thriller ... absolutely chilling" ( Village Voice ), from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch.
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
"A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times
Under the influence of a charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at a New England college discover a way of thought and life a world away from their banal contemporaries. But their search for the transcendent leads them down a dangerous path, beyond human constructs of morality.
"A remarkably powerful novel [and] a ferociously well-paced entertainment.... Forceful, cerebral, and impeccably controlled." -- The New York Times
Subjects:
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction.
College students -- Fiction.
Classicists -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Vermont -- Fiction.
Teacher-student relationships -- Fiction.
College students -- Fiction.
Classicists -- Fiction.
Murder -- Fiction.
Vermont -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780307765697
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