Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen Theo Decker son of a devoted mother & a reckless largely absent father survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart Alone & rudderless in New York he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother & down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her a small strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld As he grows up Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich & the dusty antiques store where he works He is alienated & in love
- & his talisman the painting places him at the centre of a narrowing ever more dangerous circle The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America & a drama of enthralling power Combining unforgettably vivid characters & thrilling suspense it is a beautiful addictive triumph
- a sweeping story of loss & obsession of survival & self-invention of the deepest mysteries of love identity & fate