The book that my mom chose for me was The Alienist by Caleb Carr which is narrated by John Moore, a crime reporter for The New York Times. The beginning chapter takes place on the day that Theodore Roosevelt is buried. After the funeral, Moore has dinner with the famous alienist, Laszlo Kreizler. During dinner they start to remember all their times with Roosevelt but focus on one moment during spring of 1896 where they put in effort to capture a serial killer in Manhattan. The book is mostly Moore talking about the happenings and how they had affect on later history.
Further into the book Moore is at his grandmother's and early in the morning around two in the morning he is woken up by one of Kreizler's servants banging on the door. Stevie, the servant, takes Moore to the scene of the crime. When Moore saw what had happened to the victim, he was horrified. The victim was Giorgio Santorelli, a 13-year old boy who has prostituted himself by dressing as a girl. His wrists are tied behind his back and he was left on his knees with his face pressed against the ground. His eyes were gouged out, his right hand was chopped off, his genitalia are cut off and stuffed into his mouth, he has massive gashes across his whole body, and his bottom is carved up. The policeman at the scene makes it clear that murders of such victims are usually ignored.
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