by Erik Larson · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780375725609
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«The Devil in the White City» is the historical and true crime essay by Erik Larson, published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group in paperback (464 pages).
The work reconstructs the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and interweaves two real stories: Daniel Burnham, the fair's architect, and H. H. Holmes, a serial killer who used the event to attract his victims. It is non-fiction with documented research and narrative pace.
Finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award for best crime non-fiction.
For readers of US history and true crime; also for book clubs.
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.
