Journal Entry 1 by seethroughfaith from Turku, Varsinais-Suomi Finland on Saturday, January 29, 2011

(different cover, this one is 1992 Penguin Edition)

This book is the 20th I've registered in Turku, European Capital of Culture, this year. I have another Donna Tart novel The Little Friend on my TBR pile, but couldn't resist picking this one up at the local fleamarket for only 1€


A misfit at an exclusive New England college, Richard finds kindred spirits in the five eccentric students of his ancient Greek class. But his new friends have a horrific secret. When blackmail and violence threaten to blow their privileged lives apart, they drag Richard into the nightmare that engulfs them. And soon they enter a terrifying heart of darkness from which they may never return ...