The Alienist by Caleb Carr

The Alienist by Caleb Carr

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELER - 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.

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.

Praise for The Alienist

A] delicious premise . . . Its settings and characterizations are much more sophisticated than the run-of-the-mill thrillers that line the shelves in bookstores.--The Washington Post Book World

Mesmerizing.--Detroit Free Press

The method of the hunt and the disparate team of hunters lift the tale beyond the level of a good thriller--way beyond. . . . A remarkable combination of historical novel and psychological thriller.--The Buffalo News

Engrossing.--Newsweek

A ripsnorter of a plot . . . a fine dark ride.--The Arizona Daily Star

Remarkable . . . The reader is taken on a whirlwind tour of the Gilded Age metropolis, climbing up tenement stairs, scrambling across rooftops, and witnessing midnight autopsies. . . . A breathtaking, finely crafted mystery.--Richmond Times-Dispatch

Gripping, atmospheric . . . intelligent and entertaining.--USA Today

A high-spirited, charged-up and unfailingly smart thriller.--Los Angeles Times

Keeps readers turning pages well past their bedtime.--San Francisco Chronicle

Harrowing, fascinating . . . will please fans of Ragtime and The Silence of the Lambs.--The Flint Journal

'Carr's stylish tale is brilliantly researched and written with commanding elegance and supreme confidence' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'a vivid picture of fin-de-siecle New York.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'This first novel, superbly written and transfixingly gripping, is an extraordinary achievement.' SCOTSMAN 'Superb. Too good to leave on a beach.' MAIL ON SUNDAY

Caleb Carr is a renowned military historian and author of the seminal history of terrorism: THE LESSONS OF TERROR. He is also author of the sequel to THE ALIENIST, THE ANGEL OF DARKNESS, and the futuristic KILLING TIME. He lives in New York.

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ISBN 13	9780751512953
ISBN 10	0751512958
Title	The Alienist
Author	Caleb Carr
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Little, Brown Book Group
Year published	1995-01-12
Number of pages	544
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