the little friend donna tartt characters

Danny comes from a rough family, most of whom have been in prison.

He is Robin’s former playmate, Danny Ratliff. She reads about Robin, learns more about his death and determines to find his killer. Harriet is an inveterate reader and an adventurous girl, often dragging along her hapless friend Hely. Allison seems detached from the world and obsessed only with the dying Weenie, Robin’s and now her cat. Charlotte has a breakdown and is less and less able to care for her other two children. Suicide and an accident seem unlikely but who killed him and why? No-one can find out. When Harriet was a baby and Allison four years old, their brother Robin – nine years old and loved by everyone – briefly disappears from a Mother’s Day celebration in the house and is found hanging from a tree soon after. The father – Dix – now lives in Nashville, visiting occasionally but more concerned with his job and his secretary. Harriet has an older sister – Allison – and lives with her mother, Charlotte, with assistance from Ida, the maid, and her grandmother (Charlotte’s mother), Edie, and Edie’s three sisters. And, indeed, it is very clear that Tartt has read her McCullers. This means that she is bound to be compared with McCullers heroines such as Mick Kelly and Frankie Adams. The main characters is Harriet Dufresne, who lives in a small Mississippi town. So, yes, the short answer is that it is not as good as The Secret History but that is such a high standard that Tartt could not hope to replicate so the second short answer is yes, it is an excellent novel.

Of course, given that it had taken ten years to write and following the phenomenal success of The Secret History, it was always going to be compared unfavourably with its predecessor. Home » USA » Donna Tartt » The Little Friend Donna Tartt: The Little Friend

The little friend donna tartt characters