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The Secret History

by Donna Tartt (1992)

About this book

Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality they slip gradually from obsession to corruption and betrayal.

Setting / LocationHampden College, Vermont
Story Era1980s
Protagonist / CoreRichard Papen & The Classics Students

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