About the book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. • “Destined to become a special kind of classic.” —The New York Times Book Review
The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard. Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. So it is that Robin’s sister Harriet—unnervingly bright, insufferably determined, and unduly influenced by the fiction of Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson--sets out to unmask his killer. Aided only by her worshipful friend Hely, Harriet crosses her town’s rigid lines of race and caste and burrows deep into her family’s history of loss. Filled with hairpin turns of plot and “a bustling, ridiculous humanity worthy of Dickens” (The New York Times Book Review), The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent.
Editions of The Little Friend
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780679439387
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780375434976
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781400031696
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307428936
- EBook
- ISBN 9780307873484
- EBook
- ISBN 9781400040193
- Audiobook
- ISBN 9780736688376
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9781415953549
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780736698894
- AudioStreaming
- ISBN 9780553714067
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780553714036
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780736688383
- AudioDisc
- ISBN 9780736689489
Read an Excerpt
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. • “Destined to become a special kind of classic.” —The New York Times Book Review
The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard. Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. So it is that Robin’s sister Harriet—unnervingly bright, insufferably determined, and unduly influenced by the fiction of Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson--sets out to unmask his killer. Aided only by her worshipful friend Hely, Harriet crosses her town’s rigid lines of race and caste and burrows deep into her family’s history of loss. Filled with hairpin turns of plot and “a bustling, ridiculous humanity worthy of Dickens” (The New York Times Book Review), The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is The Little Friend about?
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Goldfinch comes an utterly riveting novel set in Mississippi of childhood, innocence, and evil. • “Destined to become a special kind of classic.” —The New York Times Book Review
The setting is Alexandria, Mississippi, where one Mother’s Day a little boy named Robin Cleve Dufresnes was found hanging from a tree in his parents’ yard. Twelve years later Robin’s murder is still unsolved and his family remains devastated. So it is that Robin’s sister Harriet—unnervingly bright, insufferably determined, and unduly influenced by the fiction of Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson--sets out to unmask his killer. Aided only by her worshipful friend Hely, Harriet crosses her town’s rigid lines of race and caste and burrows deep into her family’s history of loss. Filled with hairpin turns of plot and “a bustling, ridiculous humanity worthy of Dickens” (The New York Times Book Review), The Little Friend is a work of myriad enchantments by a writer of prodigious talent.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in The Little Friend?
Fiction > Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Where can I read a sample of The Little Friend?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9780679439387
Is The Little Friend part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series Vintage Contemporaries
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Little Friend?
Donna Tartt
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
The Little Friend is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780679439387) and hardcover(ISBN 9780375434976) and paperback(ISBN 9781400031696) and ebook(ISBN 9780307428936) and ebook(ISBN 9780307873484) and ebook(ISBN 9781400040193) and audiobook(ISBN 9780736688376) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9781415953549) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780736698894) and audiostreaming(ISBN 9780553714067) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780553714036) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736688383) and audiodisc(ISBN 9780736689489)
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