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Ive just read donna tartts 3rd novel, the goldfinch, published by little, brown in 20, and awarded the pulitzer prize in 2014. Donna tartt is the author of the goldfinch, which was awarded the 2014 pulitzer prize for fiction, as well as the andrew carnegie medal for excellence in fiction, as well as other major awards. Twitter facebook email a beautifully written comingofage novel with exquisitely drawn characters that follows a grieving boys entanglement with a small famous painting that has eluded destruction, a book that stimulates the mind and touches the heart. Near fine hardcover copy of the goldfinch by donna tartt. A little picture of a bird drives this sumptuously furnished novel.
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