The Little Friend

by Donna Hartt

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London: Bloomsbury, 2002. This is a first edition, first impression of only the second novel from Donna Tartt, whose first - 'The Secret History' - was a runaway international success, being translated into 23 languages. The long wait for 'The Little Friend' was well worth it. This novel, published by Bloomsbury of London in 2002, was also acclaimed and was short-listed for the Orange Prize. The book is sized approx. 24 x 16 cms (9.5" x 6.5") and has 555 pages. The condition of the dustjacket/book, in my opinion, is very good/fine. The jacket is still fresh and bright, but a little rubbed at the edges and with one small, closed teat at the top right corner. The book is pretty well like new. From the sleeve notes: Although the Cleves generally revelled in every detail of their family history, the events of 'the terrible Mother's Day' were never discussed. On that day. nine-year-old Robin, loved by all for his whims and peculiarities, was found hanging by the neck from a black-tupelo tree in his own garden. Twelve years later, the mysterry - with its taunting traces of foul play - was no nearer a solution than it had been on the day ot happened. This isn't good enough for Robin's youngest sister Harriet. Only a baby when the tragedy occurred but now twelve years old and steeped in the adventurous daring of favourite writers such as Stevenson. Kipling and Conan Doyle. Harriet is ready and eager to find and punish her brother's killer. Her closest friend Hely - who would try anything to make Harriet love him - has sworn allegiance to her call for revenge. But the world these plucky twelve-year-olds are to encounter has nothing to do with child's play: it is dark, adult and all too menacing. In Donna Tartt's Mississippi. the sense of place and sense of the past mingle redolently with rich human drama to create a collective alchemy. Here eccentric great aunts bustle about graciously despite faded fortunes and a child's enquiring mind not only unearths telling family artefacts, but stirs up a neighbourhood nest of vipers and larceny. 'The Little Friend' is a profoundly involving novel which demonstrates how the imaginary life embraces what literature we read, what special places we inhabit and what kindred souls we recognize, to help crack open even the darkest secrets life has hiding for us.. First Edition. Original Cloth. Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.