by Erik Larson · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253157229
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«Le diable dans la ville blanche» is Erik Larson's non-fiction account, published by Cherche Midi in paperback (589 pages, in French).
In 1893, while Chicago hosts the World's Fair, architect Daniel Burnham attempts to build the White City, the fair's grand grounds. In parallel, Dr. H. H. Holmes uses his hotel as a trap for numerous victims. The work alternates both threads to reconstruct the event's impact and the crimes of one of America's first serial killers.
The original, titled The Devil in the White City, was published in 2003 and won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime in 2004.
For readers of history and true crime seeking a documented reconstruction of real events.
Erik Larson is an American journalist and author of mostly historical nonfiction books. His books include Isaac's Storm (1999), The Devil in the White City (2003), In the Garden of Beasts (2011), and Dead Wake (2015). The Devil in the White City won the 2004 Edgar Award in the Best Fact Crime category, among other awards.
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