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.
卡勒·卡爾,美國著名小說傢、軍旅作傢。
長期活躍在電影、電視和戲劇領域。多篇著作刊登在《華盛頓郵報》《紐約時報》《華爾街日報》等著名報刊上。
代錶作有《異教徒》《暗黑天使》《精神病學傢》《破碎的秘境》等。
It's Spring, 1896, and the New York City police department is faced with a dilemma. Someone is murdering and mutilating young male prostitutes. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a controversial profiler (aka alienist), Joh...
評分It's Spring, 1896, and the New York City police department is faced with a dilemma. Someone is murdering and mutilating young male prostitutes. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a controversial profiler (aka alienist), Joh...
評分It's Spring, 1896, and the New York City police department is faced with a dilemma. Someone is murdering and mutilating young male prostitutes. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a controversial profiler (aka alienist), Joh...
評分It's Spring, 1896, and the New York City police department is faced with a dilemma. Someone is murdering and mutilating young male prostitutes. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a controversial profiler (aka alienist), Joh...
評分It's Spring, 1896, and the New York City police department is faced with a dilemma. Someone is murdering and mutilating young male prostitutes. Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a controversial profiler (aka alienist), Joh...
這本厚重的曆史懸疑小說,初次翻開時,那種撲麵而來的十九世紀末紐約特有的陰鬱與繁華交織的氛圍,簡直能讓人立刻沉浸其中。作者對那個時代社會肌理的描摹達到瞭令人驚嘆的細緻程度,無論是曼哈頓上流社會精緻卻虛僞的沙龍,還是貧民窟底層令人窒息的惡臭與絕望,都被描繪得栩栩如生。我尤其欣賞作者在構建主角團時所下的功夫,那些性格復雜、帶著各自心魔的“異類”們,他們與官方力量格格不入,卻因著對真相的共同執著而被命運擰在一起。那種在道德邊緣遊走的探案方式,充滿瞭張力。每一次深入調查,都像是扒開這座“大蘋果”光鮮外錶下腐爛的內裏,讓人在為受害者感到痛心的同時,也對人性的幽暗麵産生瞭深刻的敬畏與反思。書中的一些技術細節,比如早期的心理側寫和法醫學概念的引入,讓整個推理過程顯得既古典又前衛,為那個尚在摸索中的“科學”如何對抗野蠻增添瞭史詩般的重量感。
评分這本書的語言風格是其魅力不可分割的一部分,它帶有濃厚的古典文學韻味,但又不失現代懸疑小說應有的銳利。閱讀過程需要一定的專注力,因為作者喜歡在敘事中穿插大量的曆史背景信息和人物的內心獨白,這些“枝蔓”看似偏離主綫,實則構成瞭支撐整個宏大敘事的堅實地基。我個人對那種細緻入微的心理描寫情有獨鍾,書中對幾位核心人物的“異類”心理的刻畫,簡直是教科書級彆的。那種被社會邊緣化、被主流認知所排斥的痛苦、掙紮與自我救贖的曆程,被描繪得如此細膩真實,讓我不禁去思考,究竟是社會造就瞭“怪胎”,還是“怪胎”揭示瞭社會的缺陷?這種哲學層麵的探討,讓這本書的厚度遠超一般的推理小說範疇,更像是一部探討人性和現代性萌芽的史詩。
评分對於熱衷於細節和氛圍營造的讀者來說,這本書簡直是一座寶藏。作者對特定場景的渲染能力堪稱一絕,特彆是對於那些發生在昏暗巷道、煙霧繚繞的私人診所或高聳入雲的摩天大樓工地上的場景,其視覺衝擊力極強。你會清晰地感覺到十九世紀末科技飛速發展與古老迷信和偏見之間的拉扯。我個人最欣賞的是,盡管案件本身極其殘忍和令人不安,但敘事的主鏇律始終保持著一種知識分子特有的剋製和冷靜,使得故事在情感的深度上得以升華,而非僅僅停留在獵奇的層麵。每次閤上書頁,那種混閤著煤灰、舊紙張和微弱消毒水味道的時代氣息似乎還殘留在指尖,這種沉浸式的體驗,是任何流媒體影視作品都難以復製的純粹文字的力量。
评分我必須承認,這本書的開局可能略顯緩慢,人物關係和時代背景的鋪陳需要一些耐心去消化。然而,一旦你接受瞭它特有的、略帶冗長卻無比紮實的鋪墊節奏,你會發現作者所有的前期投入都是為瞭後續情節的爆發力做準備。當謎團的碎片開始精確地嵌閤在一起時,那種豁然開朗的震撼感是無與倫比的。更難能可貴的是,它不僅解開瞭一個懸案,更提齣瞭關於身份認同和科學倫理的深刻詰問。它沒有提供一個簡單的、皆大歡喜的結局,而是留給讀者大量的思考空間,關於正義的代價、邊緣群體的價值,以及“正常”的定義究竟是多麼脆弱和具有主觀性。這本書讀完後,我花瞭好幾天時間纔真正“走”齣那個被精心構建的虛擬世界,它的後勁實在太大瞭。
评分說實話,這本書的閱讀體驗像是一場漫長而顛簸的電車之旅,你清楚地知道終點在哪裏,但沿途的風景卻充滿瞭令人不安的細節和意想不到的停頓。它的節奏把握得極其巧妙,高潮部分並非集中在單一的連環殺手謎團上,而是分散在對社會結構、階級固化以及輿論操縱的深刻剖析之中。我特彆喜歡作者筆下那種近乎冷酷的現實主義,他毫不留情地撕開瞭“進步”外衣下的僞善。例如,那些關於精神病患對待和媒體如何構建“怪物形象”的論述,即便放在今天看來,依然具有極強的警示意義。每當故事推進到關鍵的倫理睏境時,我都會忍不住停下來,在腦海中與書中的角色進行一場無聲的辯論,這種主動參與感,是很多純粹的娛樂性小說無法給予的。它不僅僅是關於“誰乾的”,更是關於“為什麼會發生”以及“我們該如何麵對”。
评分那個電視劇還是不錯的可以看看,書太長瞭,不容易讀,但還不錯。
评分那個電視劇還是不錯的可以看看,書太長瞭,不容易讀,但還不錯。
评分那個電視劇還是不錯的可以看看,書太長瞭,不容易讀,但還不錯。
评分那個電視劇還是不錯的可以看看,書太長瞭,不容易讀,但還不錯。
评分那個電視劇還是不錯的可以看看,書太長瞭,不容易讀,但還不錯。
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