FROM the PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR of the GOLDFINCH Truly deserving of the accolade Modern Classic; Donna Tartts bestseller the Secret History is a remarkable achievement - both compelling and elegant; dramatic and playful. _.What we did was terrible; but still I dont think any of us were bad; exactly; chalk it up to weakness on my part; hubris on Henrys; too much Greek prose composition - whatever you like. 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 morality; their lives are changed profoundly and for ever. the Secret History is a story of two parts; the chain of events that led to the death of a classmate - and what happened next. _.So irresistible and seductive its almost a guilty pleasure Guardian Donna Tartt is an amazingly good writer. Shes dense; shes allusive. Shes a gorgeous storyteller Stephen King A haunting; compelling; and brilliant piece of fiction . . . Packed with literary allusion and told with a sophistication and texture the Times