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Turunun cagdas klasikleri arasina girmis, muthis bir seri katil hikiyesi.Yer, New York. Yillardan 1896. Soguk bir Mart gecesi, New YorkTimes muhabiri John Schuyler Moore, arkadasi ve bir donem Harvard'da ayni sinifta okudugu psikolog, ya da 'ruh avcisi" Dr. Laszlo Kreizier tarafindan East River'a cagiriliyor. Insasi henuz tamamlanmamis VVilliamsburg Koprusu uzerinde, feci bicimdeoldurulmus olan ergenlik cagindaki bir erkek cocugunun,yani Manhattan'in hic de meshur olmayan genelevlerinden birindecalisan bir fahisenin cansiz bedenine oylece bakakaliyorlar.Henuz yeni atanmis olan polis muduru Theodore Roosevelt, hic deOrtodoks sayilamayacak bir cikis yapiyor ve New York'un vahsi suclarla bezenmis yeralti dunyasinda ilerleme kaydedebilmek icin, Kreizler'in zekisi ve Moore'un bilgisine guvenerek bu iki adami cinayet sorusturmasina dahil ediyor. Aralarindaki bagi cesur ve sagduyulu bir kadin olan polis sekreteri Sara Hovvard sagliyor. Bu alisilmadik ekip, kriminoloji arastirmalarinda devrim niteligi tasiyacak bir duruma yogunlasiyor ve islenen cinayetin ayrintilarini hesap ederek aradiklari adamin psikolojik profilini cikariyor. Tehlikeli konuklari, onlari iskence gormus bir gecmise ve daha once de oldurmus bir katilin hastalikli zihnine goturuyor. Ve bu av bitmeden yeniden oldurecek bir zihne...Katiller katil mi dogar?"Enfes bir oncul... Karakterleri ve dengesi, raflarda dizili sayisizgerilim romanindan cok daha basarili."-The Washington Post"Muthis bir ustalikla yazilmis, yuksek tempolu, heyecan; hicdinmeyen bir korku."Sayfa Sayisi: 633Baski Yili: 2016Dili: TurkceYayinevi: Artemis Yayinlari The year is 1896, the place, New York City. On a cold March night New York Times reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned to the East River by his friend and former Harvard classmate Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a psychologist, or "alienist." On the unfinished Williamsburg Bridge, they view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy, a prostitute from one of Manhattan's infamous brothels. The newly appointed police commissioner, Theodore Roosevelt, in a highly unorthodox move, enlists the two men in the murder investigation, counting on the reserved Kreizler's intellect and Moore's knowledge of New York's vast criminal underworld. They are joined by Sara Howard, a brave and determined woman who works as a secretary in the police department. Laboring in secret (for alienists, and the emerging discipline of psychology, are viewed by the public with skepticism at best), the unlikely team embarks on what is a revolutionary effort in criminology-- amassing a psychological profile of the man they're looking for based on the details of his crimes. Their dangerous quest takes them into the tortured past and twisted mind of a murderer who has killed before. and will kill again before the hunt is over. Fast-paced and gripping, infused with a historian's exactitude, The Alienist conjures up the Gilded Age and its untarnished underside: verminous tenements and opulent mansions, corrupt cops and flamboyant gangsters, shining opera houses and seamy gin mills. Here is a New York during an age when questioning society's belief that all killers are born, not made, could have unexpected and mortal consequences.From the Paperback edition.