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Social life and customs, Murder, Open Library Staff Picks, Serial murders
From back cover: Bringing Chicago circa 1893 to vivid life, Erik Larson's spell-binding bestseller intertwines the true tale of two men - the brilliant architect behind the legendary 1893 World's Fair, striving to secure America's place in the world; and the cunning serial killer who used the fair to lure his victims to their death.
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Resolved, meticulous, bleak and plot-driven.
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When Non Fiction Becomes Fiction | The Devil in the White City
Merphy Napier · Oct 2025
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“A thousand trains a day entered or left Chicago.”
Erik Larson is the author of the international bestseller Isaac's Storm won an Edgar Award for fact-crime writing. His latest book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love Terror and an American Family in Hitler's Berlin, has been acquired for publication in 20 countries and optioned by Tom Hanks for a feature film. Erik is a former features writer for The Wall Street Journal and Time. His magazine stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's and other publications. Source: Goodreads.com
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“Does it take too many liberties with the true story?”
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