by Caleb Carr · Little Brown P/B · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751512953
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«The Alienist» is the historical mystery novel by Caleb Carr, published by Little Brown P/B in paperback (534 pages, in English).
In 1896, journalist John Schuyler Moore and Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, an «alienist», find the mutilated corpse of a young man in New York. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt and Sara Howard take part in the investigation, applying an incipient psychological profile to the killer while traversing the underworld and corruption of the Gilded Age.
First installment of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series, published in 1995 and winner of the Anthony Award.
Will appeal to readers of historical and mystery fiction, especially those seeking a criminal investigation set in late 19th-century New York.
Caleb Carr was an American military historian and author. Carr was the second of three sons born to Lucien Carr and Francesca Von Hartz.
