When he comes to after the explosion, he is with an older man who just before he dies hands him his ring, an address, and a painting – “The Goldfinch” – a very valuable painting from the Museum. It begins when as a 13 year old boy living with his divorced mother in NYC, he and his mother are in the NYC Metropolitan Museum of Art when a terrorist bomb explodes, killing his mother and seemingly everyone in the vicinity, but he somehow survives. Summary in 4 sentences: The story is told in first person from the perspective of a young man sharing his thoughts, fears, and perceptions of the world during a difficult 10 or so year period of his life – it could be called a “coming of age” novel. This book has been widely acclaimed and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for literature. Interesting that a number of those in the reading group had already read it and wanted to read it again – even though it’s 770 pages long. Why this book: Selected by my literature reading group.
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