The Alienist Tapa dura - 1994

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. - From the Publisher's website

Detalles

• Título The Alienist
• Autor Caleb Carr
• Encuadernación Tapa dura
• Edición First edition
• Páginas 496
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Random House (NY), New York
• Fecha de publicación 1994
• ISBN 9780679417798 / 0679417796
• Peso 1.95 libras (0.88 kg)
• Dimensiones 9.53 x 6.65 x 1.54 pulgadas (24.21 x 16.89 x 3.91 cm)
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 93032766
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC