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I have been mildly disappointed by Tartt's follow-up works, but even more disappointed by her pace. Since TSH was published in 1992, she's written only two othe
by ubermonkey 4y ago
I have been mildly disappointed by Tartt's follow-up works, but even more disappointed by her pace. Since TSH was published in 1992, she's written only two other novels:
* The Little Friend, in 2002, which is set in her native Mississippi; and
* The Goldfinch, in 2013, which won big prizes (including a Pulitzer), but is to my tastes inferior to the other two.
Her once-a-decade pattern suggests another book should be coming along any year now, but who can tell?
I mentioned uptopic that mystery writer Tana French included an homage to The Secret History in the second book of her "Dublin Murder Squad" series. It's worth reading, but I'm not sure how "like" Tartt it really is.
What makes French's series interesting is the shifting points of view within the same (fictional) Dublin bureau -- the first book is from the POV of a given character, and then the second shifts to someone who was a supporting character in the first book, and so forth.
- eigenhombre 4y agoI'm a big fan of both French's and Tartt's books, especially these two (TSH, and The Likeness). Likeness does evoke TSH, certainly, but is definitely its own story with a fascinating "MacGuffin" (which I won't spoil here) -- providing enough psychological depth to reward repeated rereading, even once you know how it turns out. Also, it actually is a murder mystery, which TSH arguably isn't.