The Little Friend
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| Author | Donna Tartt |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf |
| Released | October 22, 2002 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover and Paperback) |
| Pages | 576 pp |
| ISBN | ISBN 0679439382 |
The Little Friend is a 2002 novel by Donna Tartt. It was her second novel, first published a decade after the publication of her first novel, The Secret History. Many speculated the reason for the large gap between her first and second novels being a result of Donna Tartt having writer's block, which the author denies.[citation needed]
The Little Friend is, at least superficially, a mystery adventure, centered on a young girl living in the American South in the mid-20th century; her implicit anxieties about the long-unexplained death of her brother and the dynamics of her extended family are a strong focus of the novel, as are portrayals of the lifestyles and customs of a contrasting set of characters.
The novel won the WH Smith Literary Award and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2003.
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