From the streets of New York to the dark corners of the art underworld, this "soaring masterpiece" examines the devastating impact of grief and the ruthless machinations of fate (Ron Charles, Washington Post ). The Goldfinch is a mesmerizing, stay-up-all-night and tell-all-your-friends triumph, an old-fashioned story of loss and obsession, survival and self-invention. He is alienated and in love - and at the center of a narrowing, ever more dangerous circle. As an adult, Theo moves silkily between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty labyrinth of an antiques store where he works. Bewildered by his strange new home on Park Avenue, disturbed by schoolmates who don't know how to talk to him, and tormented above all by a longing for his mother, he clings to the one thing that reminds him of her: a small, mysteriously captivating painting that ultimately draws Theo into a wealthy and insular art community. Abandoned by his father, Theo is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. As well as a check for a cool 15,000 dollars (which feels a little low, tbh), the victor (if there is to be one see 2012) will gain entry to a very exclusive clubone which includes the likes. Theo Decker, a 13-year-old New Yorker, miraculously survives an accident that kills his mother. On Monday, at around 3PM (EST), from Columbia University in New York City, the winner of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for Fiction will be announced.
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