The goldfinch book online5/25/2023 ![]() ![]() Tartt’s photo perfectly embodies the rather mysterious image she’s built of herself over the years, although how much of this public relations effort is intentional is open to debate. Inside the back cover flap of my dog-eared, spine-trashed copy of Tartt’s cult classic debut novel The Secret History, the author stares unsmilingly into the camera, her severe haircut and black jacket giving her an austere and forbidding air. ![]() ![]() A friend and I used to joke that if we ever became famous writers, we’d make sure that our author photos were just like Donna Tartt’s: dramatic, dimly lit and slightly unsettling. ![]()
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