Book Club #49 - The Secret History

The Secret History is Donna Tartt's 1992 debut novel, a dark academia psychological thriller about a group of eccentric classics students at an elite New England college who fall under the influence of a charismatic professor, leading them to commit murder and grapple with the consequences. Narrated by Richard Papen, the story is an "inverted detective story" that reveals the murder of their friend Bunny Corcoran early on, focusing on the events leading up to it and the group's moral decay.