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The Interpretation of Murder
Jed Rubenfeld
In this ingenious, suspenseful historical thriller, Sigmund Freud is drawn into the mind of a sadistic killer who is savagely attacking Manhattan?s wealthiest heiresses
Henry Holt
September 2006
On Sale: September 5, 2006
Featuring: Sigmund Freud
384 pages
ISBN: 0805080988
EAN: 9780805080988
Hardcover
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Inspired by Sigmund Freud’s only visit to America, The
Interpretation of Murder is an intricate tale of murder
and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries. It unfurls on a
sweltering August evening in 1909 as Freud disembarks from
the steamship George Washington, accompanied by Carl Jung,
his rival and protégé. Across town, in an opulent apartment
high above the city, a stunning young woman is found
dangling from a chandelier—whipped, mutilated, and
strangled. The next day, a second beauty—a rebellious
heiress who scorns both high society and her less
adventurous parents—barely escapes the killer. Yet Nora
Acton, suffering from hysteria, can recall nothing of her
attack. Asked to help her, Dr. Stratham Younger, America’s
most committed Freudian analyst, calls in his idol, the
Master himself, to guide him through the challenges of
analyzing this high-spirited young woman whose family past
has been as complicated as his own.
The Interpretation of
Murder leads readers from the salons of Gramercy Park,
through secret passages, to Chinatown—even far below the
currents of the East River where laborers are building the
Manhattan Bridge. As Freud fends off a mysterious conspiracy
to destroy him, Younger is drawn into an equally thrilling
adventure that takes him deep into the subterfuges of the
human mind. Richly satisfying,
elegantly crafted, The Interpretation of Murder marks
the debut of a brilliant, spectacularly entertaining new
storyteller.
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