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The Alienist
Caleb Carr · 初版 1994 年
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时间是 1896 年，地点是纽约市。三月一个寒冷的夜晚，《纽约时报》记者约翰·斯凯勒·摩尔被他的朋友、哈佛同窗拉斯洛·克赖茨勒博士召到东河。克赖茨勒是一位心理学家，或称“精神病学家”。在尚未完工的威廉斯堡大桥上，他们看到一具被残忍肢解的少年男孩尸体，那是曼哈顿某家臭名昭著妓院里的男妓。新上任的警察局长西奥多·罗斯福以一种极不寻常的举动，招募这两人参与谋杀案调查，指望内敛的克赖茨勒的才智和摩尔的人脉……
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……https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Carr 这让我去读了 Lucien Carr 的孩子们的事，其中一个——Caleb Carr——是军事历史学家，后来因为写了《The Alienist》而意外成了名人，那是 90 年代历史连环杀手类型的经典之作。Caleb Carr 成了很优秀的作家，不过作为一个作家，他跟垮掉派能离多远就离多远。他谈到他和他同龄人所成长的那个创伤领域……
…https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien_Carr That led me to reading about the children of Lucien Carr, one of whom—Caleb Carr—was a military historian who later became an accidental celebrity by writing "The Alienist", a 90s classic of the historical-serial-killer genre. Caleb Carr became an excellent writer, though as far from a Beat as a writer could be. He talks about the trauma field that he and his peers grew…
……有才华的音乐人是在挨打中长大的，所以他们就照字面理解了，你懂我意思吧？病态的想法总能找到肥沃的土壤。顺便问一句，你看过《黑镜》那集《Arkangel》吗？感觉挺相关的。或者 Caleb Carr 的《The Alienist》，书和剧都是，讲 19 世纪未成年男性卖淫，情节大致基于真实事件。[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade
…talented musician was raised with beatings, so they took that literally, you know what I mean? Sick ideas find a fertile ground. Btw did you watch that Black Mirror episode "Arkangel", seems related. Or The Alienist by Caleb Carr, the book and series, about underage male prostitution in 19 century, the plot is based on real life, sort of. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Crusade