Availability of The Secret History

[Nick]

If you've not read The Secret History, and are curious about it, there is a copy of it, at all times - well, very often, anyway - in any/every charity shop in London. The reason for this is that it has been such a massive seller. I've bought TSH several times for friends who haven't read it. It's usually the mass-market paperback version with the black cover and silver medallion. But one day I hit gold, and got an earlier edition, signed by Donna Tartt. It's not that rare, as she has done mass signings of both of her books. I also have a signed copy of The Little Friend, but bought that at the London launch, where she read the prologue to me (and hundreds of others).

[Turquoise]

Sounds like a dream come true, to even see her in person would mean so much to me.

[Nick]

Yes, it was great to see her and hear her reading. She still wasn't THAT well known at the release of The Little Friend. I think the hype attracted by The Goldfinch was such that she did readings in much bigger venues that sold out much more quickly, and I guess I wasn't so interested in seeing her again - I'm sorry now, of course!