i finished this yesterday and i thought it was quite a good read. it's an historical novel based on the premise that although it is known that sigmund freud traveled to the united states, with carl jung i believe in 1909, it's not known what took place during his short stay that gave him such a distaste for the country for all of his remaining years. "freud always spoke, in later years, as if some trauma had befallen him in the united states. he called americans "savages" and blamed his sojourn there for physical ailments that afflicted him well before 1909"...so jed rubenfeld has created his interpretation of the events that include murder, some swankiness and other sundry events...
i enjoy historical novels, and even though rubenfeld has taken some artistic license, he states in the author's note that he really took pains to keep much of the story accurate to history. moving a building here...adding a murder there...all add up to a rollicking good read! i highly recommend this one...
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