---
title: "The Golden Child"
author: "Penelope Fitzgerald"
genre: "Mystery & Thriller, Comic Murder / Comedy of Manners"
category: "Fiction"
themes: "The nature of art and culture (exemplified by the museum setting);The conventions of genre fiction (mystery/detective story);Aging and the passage of time (given the context of Fitzgerald's age when writing);The pursuit of truth and mystery"
isbn_13: "9780395956199"
isbn_10: "0395956196"
asin: "0006546250"
bnid: "1101080681"
amazon_link: "https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Child-Penelope-Fitzgerald/dp/0006546250"
bookshop_link: "https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-golden-child-penelope-fitzgerald/09a8183d6ca2f358"
bn_link: "https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-child-penelope-fitzgerald/1101080681"
source_url: "https://marciebooks.co/?search=The%20Golden%20Child"
data_license: "CC BY-NC 4.0"
---

# The Golden Child

## Context
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