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The Alienist

The Alienist

by Caleb Carr

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4.33 (3 reviews)
Pages
498
Published
Mar 1st, 1994

The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. The...

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forline

Jun 20th, 2018

Completely pulls the reader into 1896! Mesmerizing...could not put down.

sanayhs

Feb 10th, 2015

lanigan

Feb 15th, 2014

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