The Little Friend

Tartt, Donna

ISBN 10: 0679439382 / ISBN 13: 9780679439387

Published by Knopf, US, 2002

About this Item

Very good condition with minimal edge wear to the dust jacket and a small mark to the front board (see pics). Pages clean and tight.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1759320392318

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Little Friend
• Publisher: Knopf, US
• Publication Date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0679439382
• ISBN 13: 9780679439387
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Dimensions: 4.47W x 14.808H x 23.952D centimeters 4.47 centimeters width by 14.808 centimeters height by 23.952 centimeters depth
• Weight: 839.146 grams
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of The Secret History—a best-seller nationwide and around the world, and one of the most astonishing debuts in recent times—The Little Friend is even more transfixing and resonant.

In a small Mississippi town, Harriet Cleve Dusfresnes grows up in the shadow of her brother, who—when she was only a baby—was found hanging dead from a black-tupelo tree in their yard. His killer was never identified, nor has his family, in the years since, recovered from the tragedy.

For Harriet, who has grown up largely unsupervised, in a world of her own imagination, her brother is a link to a glorious past she has only heard stories about or glimpsed in photograph albums. Fiercely determined, precocious far beyond her twelve years, and steeped in the adventurous literature of Stevenson, Kipling, and Conan Doyle, she resolves, one summer, to solve the murder and exact her revenge. Harriet’s sole ally in this quest, her friend Hely, is devoted to her, but what they soon encounter has nothing to do with child’s play: it is dark, adult, and all too menacing.

A revelation of familial longing and sorrow, The Little Friend explores crime and punishment, as well as the hidden complications and consequences that hinder the pursuit of truth and justice. A novel of breathtaking ambition and power, it is rich in moral paradox, insights into human frailty, and storytelling brilliance.

About the Author

Donna Tartt is a novelist, essayist, and critic. The Secret History has been translated into twenty-four languages and is available in hardcover from Knopf.