The goldfinch / By Donna Tartt
- First published in Great Britain in 2013
- London : Abacus / Little, Brown Book Group , 2013 .
- 864 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm .
A young boy in New York City, Theo Decker, miraculously survives an accident that takes the life of his mother. Alone and abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by a friend's family and struggles to make sense of his new life. In the years that follow, he becomes entranced by one of the few things that reminds him of his mother; a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into the art underworld.