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Donna Tartt on The Goldfinch

The bestselling author dicusses the painting by Carel Fabritius that is integral to her 2013 novel of the same name. The book's teenage narrator, Theodore Decker, survives a bombing at an art gallery in which his mother dies. Staggering out through the debris, he takes with him the world-famous painting.

Taken from Kirsty Wark Meets Donna Tartt: A Review Show Special, originally broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Four on 15 October 2013.

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