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The Goldfinch

A thirteen-year-old survives a bombing at an art museum that kills his mother, and leaves with a small Dutch painting. He carries it, and his grief, through a chaotic youth in New York and Las Vegas into adulthood.

First published
2013
Pace
slow
Length
long
Format
Standalone

Read this if you want a big, immersive, Dickens-style novel about loss, art and a boy who grows up too fast.

Skip this if you dislike long novels that digress or characters who make poor choices.

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Content warnings

  • Grief
  • Addiction
  • Death
  • Violence

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