Donna Tartt
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White Ivy: Sharp exploration of privilege in modern America
- Books
- January 6, 2021, 06:00
“Maybe there were no new stories, only your story. But what did the real story even matter, when most people judged you based on the shallowest surfac(...)

Bronagh Gallagher: On My Culture Radar
- Culture
- December 7, 2019, 05:00
Book A friend gave me a copy of The Little Friend by Donna Tartt because I loved The Goldfinch and The Secret History. I can’t tell you what happens y(...)

Look at this picture. What do you see?
- Culture
- November 2, 2019, 05:00
I’m in Dublin’s Kerlin Gallery. It’s one of those art spaces that makes you feel the need to whisper: all pure white walls and lofty aspect. But today(...)

The Goldfinch: A sedating film adaptation of Donna Tartt’s book
- Film
- September 24, 2019, 13:30
Hollywood has long wrestled with the perceived need to deliver “faithful” adaptations of the fat books everyone read last summer. In the internet age,(...)

What’s up and what’s down at the Toronto International Film Festival
- Film
- September 13, 2019, 06:00
The Toronto International Film Festival (sometimes Tiff) is not like its rivals in Cannes or Venice. Taking place within the fourth-largest city in No(...)

A dull Goldfinch, two funny popes, and Scarlett Johansson’s broken marriage
- Film
- September 9, 2019, 11:15
I can’t get away from Adam Driver. There he was at the Winter Garden screening of The Report. A few hours later he was back in the same theatre to rem(...)

Which films are in contention as interminable awards season ramps up?
- Film
- August 30, 2019, 05:00
And just like that it was deep winter. The football season ceases for around 10 minutes. So we shouldn’t reel too much at the news that awards season (...)

The Truants: ‘So this is desire. I want to f**king eat him’
- Books
- August 23, 2019, 06:00
In a characteristically thought-provoking conversation between a lecturer and student in Kate Weinberg’s debut novel The Truants, the writer Agatha Ch(...)

Irish movies feature strongly at Toronto International Film Festival
- Film
- August 9, 2019, 08:45
Four Irish films have been announced as part of the Discovery programme at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival. This strong showing at th(...)

We mean no disrespect to John Crowley or Donna Tartt when we note that the former’s take on the latter’s bullet-stopping novel will, until at least it(...)