Theo Decker, a young
boy in New York City, miraculously survives a bomb blast in the Metropolitan
Museum of Art but loses his mother. Left
alone with himself and facing the odds of being taken as an orphan, Theo lives
under constant fear of being caught for possessing a missing painting. Life
becomes as torture for him as he tries to avoid becoming the center of social sympathy
and adapts to life in a friend's family but a father who had abandoned him
appears and propels him into the underworld and drugs.
This 700 page excellent novel which would remind you of
Dickensian characters (two in this book) is a fast-paced adventure with
predicaments.
Donna Taart has a unique style of creating sypathetic protagonists from shady backgrounds with minute description of finest details in every scene.
In a scale of 20 we give 17.5. Definitely a must read.
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