TheLittleFriend

ThehugelyanticipatednewnovelbytheauthorofTheSecretHistory—abest-sellernationwideandaroundtheworld，andoneofthemostastonishingdebutsinrecenttimes—TheLittleFriendisevenmoretransfixingandresonant.InasmallMississippitown，HarrietCleveDusfresnesgrowsupintheshadowofherbrother，who—whenshewasonlyababy—wasfoundhangingdeadfromablack-tupelotreeintheiryard.Hiskillerwasneveridentified，norhashisfamily，intheyearssince，recoveredfromthetragedy.ForHarriet，whohasgrownuplargelyunsupervised，inaworldofherownimagination，herbrotherisalinktoagloriouspastshehasonlyheardstoriesaboutorglimpsedinphotographalbums.Fiercelydetermined，precociousfarbeyondhertwelveyears，andsteepedintheadventurousliteratureofStevenson，Kipling，andConanDoyle，sheresolves，onesummer，tosolvethemurderandexactherrevenge.Harriet’ssoleallyinthisquest，herfriendHely，isdevotedtoher，butwhattheysoonencounterhasnothingtodowithchild’splay：itisdark，adult，andalltoomenacing.Arevelationoffamiliallongingandsorrow，TheLittleFriendexplorescrimeandpunishment，aswellasthehiddencomplicationsandconsequencesthathinderthepursuitoftruthandjustice.Anovelofbreathtakingambitionandpower，itisrichinmoralparadox，insightsintohumanfrailty，andstorytellingbrilliance.FromtheHardcoveredition.