Publisher's Synopsis
"THE SECRET HISTORY tells the story of a group of classics students at an elite American college, who are cerebral, obsessive and finally murderous...it is a haunting, compelling and brilliant piece of fiction." THE TIMES "As a profoundly serious examination of remorse and its effects...this book is as moving as it is insightful. As a murder mystery it is one of the best I have ever read. But as a first novel it takes my breath away, it is so accomplished." Ruth Rendell "Tartt's erudition sprinkles the text like sequins...Brilliant" SUNDAY TIMES
