The Secret History

The Secret History by Donna Tartt.  Six students at Hampden College in Vermont are studying the Greek classics under the tutelage of a brilliant but reclusive professor.  Four of his students become obsessed with recreating a bacchanalian celebration.  One of their attempts results in a wild night of debauchery that ends with the murder of a Vermont farmer whose path they unwittingly cross.  This sets the stage for a second murder, the murder of fellow student Bunny.  What drove five bright college students to murder, including one of their own, and what are the consequences of their actions?  This is a psychological suspense novel of literary fiction quality.  (Note – there is a lot of substance abuse).   Eileen