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: The fictional Hampden College is widely believed to be based on Bennington College in Vermont, which Tartt attended alongside fellow author Bret Easton Ellis .

"Inverted detective story" (a "whydunit" rather than a "whodunit"). The Secret History

: Rights have been held by everyone from Alan J. Pakula to Gwyneth Paltrow , but every attempt at an adaptation has stalled or been abandoned . : The fictional Hampden College is widely believed