In The Goldfinch, Theo is sent to live with Larry after his mother dies in a bombing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s an event that rocks the character’s world, and sends him careening to a few different homes. While living with Larry and Xandra, his father spirals down a dark path, eventually taking it out on his son in one of the movie’s many tense scenes.
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