The chance to hear
international bestselling author Donna Tartt speak in London as part of her
first UK visit in a decade is on offer to readers, thanks to national charity
The Reading Agency and publishers Little, Brown.
Three pairs of free
tickets are available to hear Donna Tartt in conversation with BBC presenter
Kirsty Wark, discussing her new novel The Goldfinch, on Tuesday 12
November at St James’ Church, Piccadilly during her imminent UK tour.
Readers simply have to
fill in, by 25 October, the short form at www.surveymonkey.com/s/3L83L3X,
explaining in 200 words or less why they should win a pair of tickets.
Donna Tartt was born in
Greenwood, Mississippi, and is a graduate of Bennington College.
Her debut novel The Secret History – now available for the first time
as an e-book from Little, Brown – is now available in 30 languages and her
second book, The Little Friend, won the WH Smith Literary Award in 2003.
More information about her tour of the UK during November can be found at: www.littlebrown.co.uk/Articles/donna-tartt-events.page
The Goldfinch is a haunted odyssey through present-day America and a drama of
enthralling power. Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a
reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his
life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a
wealthy friend. He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother, and
down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small,
strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal
underworld. As he grows up, Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of
the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works. He is alienated and in
love - and his talisman, the painting, places him at the centre of a narrowing,
ever more dangerous circle.
This exciting ticket offer to hear Donna Tartt discuss
The Goldfinch in London is part of The Reading Agency’s work to bring together its
partners from the publishing world and the whole of the UK public library
network to create successful and exciting events and activities for readers of all ages.
Donna
Tartt has a worldwide reputation and The Goldfinch has been
much-anticipated, so we are delighted to be offering readers the chance to hear
all about it in her own words, says Miranda McKearney,
director of The Reading Agency.
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