The Alienist
Number 1 in series
$34.90
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
25 October 2011
Summary
New York City, 1896. Hypocrisy in high places is rife, police corruption commonplace, and a brutal killer is terrorising young male prostitutes. Unfortunately for Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt, the psychological profiling of murderers is a practice still in its infancy, struggling to make headway against the prejudices of those who prefer the mentally ill - and the ‘alienists’ who treat them - to be out of sight as well as out of mind. But as the body count rises, Roosevelt swallows his doubts and turns to the eminent alienist Dr Laszlo Kreizler to put a stop to the bloody murders - giving Kreizler a chance to take him further into the dark heart of criminality, and one step closer to death.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780751547221 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0751547220 |
| Author: | Caleb Carr |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Sphere |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 25 October 2011 |
| Weight: | 354g |
| Dimensions: | 34mm x 129mm x 199mm |
| Series: | Laszlo Kreizler & John Schuyler Moore |
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Critics Review
“You can smell the fear in the air.” –“The New York Times”
“Gripping, atmospheric, intelligent, and entertaining.” –“USA Today”
“From the Paperback edition.”
Caleb Carr
Caleb Carr was born in New England in 1951 and now lives in New York. He was a military historian, teaching at Columbia, before the success of his first novel enabled him to become a full-time writer.
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