by Caleb Carr · Sphere · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780751512175
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«The Alienist» is the historical mystery novel by Caleb Carr, published by Sphere in paperback (614 pages, in English).
New York, 1896: journalist John Schuyler Moore and Dr. Laszlo Kreizler investigate a series of murders of young male prostitutes. With Theodore Roosevelt and Sara Howard they form a team that uses psychological profiling, a practice frowned upon at the time, to hunt a criminal who moves between the underworld and high society.
First installment of the Dr. Laszlo Kreizler series; the novel won the Anthony Award for Best First Novel and the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière.
For lovers of historical thrillers and detective fiction 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.
