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AnIntricateTaleofMurderAndtheMind'sMostDangerousMysteries
Onahotsummernightin1909,SigmundFreud-alreadyworldfamousandhighlycontroversial-disembarksinNewYorkfromasteamship,joinedbyhisrivalCarlJung.AmongthosewaitingtogreethimisDr.StrathamYounger,agiftedphysicianwhoisoneofFreud'smostardentAmericansupporters.Andsobeginsthevisitthatwillbethegreatgenius'sfirst-andonly-journeytoAmerica.
ThemorningafterFreud'sarrival,inanopulentpenthouseacrossthecity,abarelyclad,beautifulwomanisdiscoveredmurdered-whipped,mutilated,andstrangledwithawhitesilktie.Thenextday,arebelliousheiressnamedNoraActonbarelyescapesthesamefate.WhenlovelyMissActon,sufferingfromhysteria,cannotrecalltheterrifyingincident,Dr.YoungercallsonFreudtoguidehimthroughthegirl'sanalysis.Asheisdrawnintoherstory,YoungercomestocaredeeplyforthisremarkableyoungwomanandjoinsamurderinvestigationthatleadsthroughoutNewYork,fromthegrandballroomoftheWaldorf-AstoriatothebottomoftheEastRiver,wherelaborersareworkingonthenewManhattanBridge.
TheInterpretationofMurderisanelegantlywroughtentertainmentfilledwithdelicioussurprises,subtlesleightsofhand,andfascinatingideas.DrawingonFreud'scasehistories,Shakespeare'sHamlet,andthehistoryofNewYork,thisrichlysatisfyingnovelmarksthedebutofabrilliantlyengagingnewstoryteller.
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length:23.3(cm)width:15.6(cm)
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JedRubenfeldattendedPrincetonUniversity,theJuilliardSchoolofDrama,andHarvardLawSchool.CurrentlytheRobertR.SlaughterProfessorofLawatYaleUniversity,RubenfeldistheauthoroftherecentlypublishedRevolutionbyJudiciary:TheStructureofAmericanConstitutionalLaw(HarvardUniversityPress,2005)andtheacclaimedFreedominTime:ATheoryofConstitutionalSelf-Government(YaleUniversityPress,2001).