While in Richmond last week I picked up a copy of a book I'd been wanting to reread, The Alienist, by Caleb Carr. I read it years ago and was so struck by its level of detail and history about New York City at the turn of the last century. I cannot imagine why someone hasn't made a movie of this book yet.
It's somewhat reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes but the key character is a Freud-like psychiatrist...and it delves into the beginning of that trade. Psychiatrists were called Alienists back then. It also reminds me of Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence...same time period.
Anyway, it's a great read and one I hope to start on today...
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