The Interpretation of Murder, Jed Rubenfeld
The Interpretation of Murder, Jed Rubenfeld
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The Interpretation of Murder

Author: Jed Rubenfeld

Narrator: Ron Rifkin

Abridged: 6 hr 5 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/05/2006


Synopsis

The Interpretation of Murder opens on a hot summer night in 1909 as Sigmund Freud arrives in New York. Among those waiting to greet him is Dr. Stratham Younger, a gifted physician who is one of Freud’s most ardent American supporters. And so begins the visit that will be the great genius’s first–and only–journey to America.
The morning after Freud’s arrival, in an opulent penthouse across the city, a woman is discovered murdered–whipped, mutilated, and strangled with a white silk tie. The next day, a rebellious heiress named Nora Acton barely escapes becoming the killer’s second victim. Yet, suffering from hysteria, Miss Acton cannot remember the terrifying incident or her attacker. Asked to consult on the case, Dr. Younger calls on the visiting Freud to guide him through the girl’s analysis.
The Interpretation of Murder is an intricately plotted, elegantly wrought entertainment filled with delicious surprises, subtle sleights of hand, and fascinating ideas. Drawing on Freud’s case histories, Shakespeare’s Hamlet, and the rich history of New York, this remarkable novel marks the debut of a brilliantly engaging new storyteller.

About The Author

Currently the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale University, Jed Rubenfeld is one of this country's foremost experts on constitutional law. As a Princeton undergraduate, he wrote his senior thesis on Freud. As the Juilliard School of Drama, he studied Shakespeare. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut with his wife and two daughters.


Reviews

Goodreads review by karen on June 18, 2020

i'm pretty neutral about this book. it was a fine sortof historical mystery with all the requisite elements like red herrings and dubious intentions and misread signals and girls tied up and whipped, but...eh. and i'm torn, because it is a perennial table book, but i think i might have to regulate i......more

Goodreads review by Coy on November 18, 2019

When I sit down to what I hope will be a great meal, I look forward to the side dishes, but it's the main course that is central. Don't get me wrong, I love potatoes, but give me the steak! Interpretation of Murder is a side dish and not a potato side dish, more like peas or carrots or something. Rea......more

Goodreads review by Laura on February 15, 2009

Sigmund Freud, along with his protege Carl Jung, arrives in New York for a series of lectures at Clark University in Massachusetts. A young woman is murdered, apparently by a serial killer. Another young woman, Nora Acton, is suffering from amnesia after another attack by the same criminal. Dr. Stra......more

Goodreads review by Girish on August 06, 2020

3.5 stars despite the shape changing mystery and the evolutionary war of psychology. The author has a lot going on in the book. We have New York of 1909 - an exquisite setting with blue flame lights, caissons, Madams and balls. We have the who's who of Psychology debating the innermost working theori......more

Goodreads review by Mohammed on December 30, 2019

More reviews on [URL not allowed] The story is set on 1909 Manhattan, New York when Sigmund Freud and his companions was visiting USA to attend a conference at the Clark University. When a dèbutante is found dead on her own penthouse and the very next day another young beautiful h......more