The Alienist by Caleb Carr

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
The Alienist by Caleb Carr

It is 1896. The city is New York. Journalist John Schuyler Moore is brought by his companion Dr. Laszlo Kreizler — a clinician, or “alienist” — to see the horrendously damaged body of a juvenile kid deserted on the incomplete Williamsburg Scaffold. From that point the two set out on a progressive exertion in criminal science: making a mental profile of the culprit in light of the subtleties of his violations. Their perilous mission brings them into the tormented past and bent psyche of a killer who will kill in the future before their chase is finished.

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It is 1896. The city is New York. Journalist John Schuyler Moore is brought by his companion Dr. Laszlo Kreizler — a clinician, or “alienist” — to see the horrendously damaged body of a juvenile kid deserted on the incomplete Williamsburg Scaffold. From that point the two set out on a progressive exertion in criminal…

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