The Alienist by Caleb Carr

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A TNT ORIGINAL SERIES , A first-rate tale of crime and punishment that will keep readers guessing until the final pages. Entertainment Weekly, Caleb Carr's rich period thriller takes us back to the moment in history when the modern idea of the serial killer became available to us. The Detroit News When The Alienist was first published in 1994, it was a major phenomenon, spending six months on the New York Times bestseller list, receiving critical acclaim, and selling millions of copies. This modern classic continues to be a touchstone of historical suspense fiction for readers everywhere. The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler,a psychologist, or ,alienist, to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge. From there the two embark on a revolutionary effort in criminology- creating a psychological profile of the perpetrator based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who will kill again before their hunt is over.

  • Product Features

    • Format- Paperback
    • Product dimensions- 5.4" W x 8.1" H x 1" D
    • Genre- Psychology
    • Publisher- Little, Brown and Company, Publication date- 04-03-2007
    • Page count- 320
    • ISBN- 9780316010665

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1 year ago

One of my favorite books of all time

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2 years ago
from Pennsylvania

Not Quite As Gripping As I Remembered

It has been over twenty-five years since I first read The Alienist, the first of two historical thrillers featuring Dr. Laszlo Kreizler that were written by historian Caleb Carr. During that time the details of the plot had become hazy enough that I couldn't remember exactly what was coming next. I'll try to review The Alienist without getting too deeply into the complicated plot. Briefly, Kreizler and a motley team of his employees, a reporter who narrated the novel, and some maverick police department personnel were enlisted by Theodore Roosevelt, then head of the New York police commission, to hunt down the savage murderer of several boys involved in prostitution. (Roosevelt couldn't trust the corrupt detectives he commanded to investigate the case.) The Alienist was definitely not for the faint of heart or those who liked their books short and snappy. There were hefty doses of psychology along the way and Carr spent plenty of time introducing local color from the 1890s. The final showdown was so full of twists that it undermined the deeper questions that were asked in the novel. I'm giving The Alienist a weak four stars because I think some trimming and plot tightening would have made it a better book.

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