
The Interpretation of Murder
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Kirby Heyborne
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By:
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Jed Rubenfeld
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' 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 slights 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.
©2006 Jed Rubenfeld (P)2006 Random House, Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House, Inc.Listeners also enjoyed...




















Critic reviews
"This well-researched and thought-provoking novel is sure to be a crowd pleaser." (Publishers Weekly)
"Rubenfeld renders rich, complex characters, vivid period detail, and prose riddled with heady references to Hamlet." (Booklist)
Is there anything you would change about this book?
factual errors about NYC geography.How could the performance have been better?
pronunciation of "affect" by psychologists is wrong along with other slips. German vowels awful.Do you think The Interpretation of Murder needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
It has one, which is betterAny additional comments?
1) The inner narrative is stolen from Freud's famous "Dora" case, only here she is called Nora. Rather unsubtle. 2)Writer is aware of Jung's adultery, but not Freud's with his own sister-in-law. Yale prof making klutzy protagonist a Harvard man is a bit gratuitous.light-fingered prof needs fact-checker
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