
The Alienist
by Caleb Carr
1,571
Total Points
#349
- Pages
- 498
- Published
- Mar 1st, 1994
- Genres
- Historical Fiction Mystery Thriller
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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