Language:Chinese.Paperback. Pub Date: 2014-6-1 Pages: 880 Publisher: Little Brown Aged thirteen. Theo Decker. son of a devoted mother and a reckless. largely absent father. survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart Alone and rudderless in. . New York. he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend He is tormented by an unbearable longing for his mother. and down the years clings to the thing that most reminds him of her: a small. strangely captivating painting that ultimately draws him into the criminal underworld As he grows up. Theo learns to glide between the drawing rooms of the rich and the dusty antiques store where he works He is alienated and in love -.. and his talisman. the painting. places him at the centre of a narrowing. ever more dangerous circle. - from Amzon