Secret History

Bunny is dead, and the snow in the mountains is melting. Rescuers and police searched for him for ten days. Upon finding him, they eventually believed in a tragic accident, merely an unfortunate incident in a ravine. In reality, Bunny was murdered. One of those involved is our narrator, Richard Papen.

And no, these are not spoilers: young Californian Richard, our narrator and a student at a private college in New England, speaks of the crime already in the prologue. What is left for readers? To unravel this reverse murder mystery and understand at what point the young man from a poor background, with a vulnerable soul and eternally unhappy, joined the chosen five Greek students and agreed to take someone's life.

"The Secret History" is a special, unique book. Weaving philosophical reflections, ancient culture, doubts, obsession, and a morbid longing for beauty, for an ideal at any cost, Donna Tartt creates a vivid, intellectual bestseller that compels you to read it even when you know the names of the killers from the very beginning.