The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
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.
Fast-paced and riveting, infused with historical detail, The Alienist conjures up Gilded Age New York, with its tenements and mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. It is an age in which questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and fatal consequences.
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The Alienist
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780679417798 ISBN 10: 0679417796
Publisher: Random House 1994
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The Alienist
Format: Softcover
ISBN: 9780553572995 ISBN 10: 0553572997
Publisher: Bantam Books 1995
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The Alienist
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780812976144 ISBN 10: 0812976142
Publisher: Random House 2006
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