Caleb Carr

Caleb Carr (born August 2, 1955 in New York City , New York ) is an American writer and historian, best known for his crime novels set at the end of the 19th century.

Life

Carr, who grew up in a shabby area of Manhattan , had a chaotic family background in childhood and youth . His father, Lucien Carr, was considered one of the founders of the Beat Generation , along with Allen Ginsberg , William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac . The parents divorced early.

Carr successfully completed a history degree from New York University . He then worked as a journalist and is co-editor of a military history magazine. He can also be seen as an actor in the 1999 film One Night in New York .

reception

1994 he succeeded his late 19th century in New York settled detective novel The Alienist (German: The encirclement ) international breakthrough. In the critically acclaimed debut work, which has been translated into 20 languages, a small group of modern-minded police officers, journalists and scientists try to hunt down a serial killer. One of the characters is the future President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt , who appears here as the head of the New York Police Department. The Alienist won the 1995 Anthony Award for Best First Novel. The book was made into a 10-part series in 2017 ( The Alienist - Die Einkreisung ), starring Daniel Brühl as the main actor, and was released on Netflix in Germany on April 19, 2018 .

With the 1997 published sequel The Angel of Darkness (German: Angel of Darkness ) succeeded Carr, to maintain the high content and language level. His other works, including the Sherlock Holmes adventure The Italian Secretary (German: The Blood of Shame ), the science fiction novel Killing Time (German: The Deception ) and various non-fiction books were less well received by the public.

Works

Non-fiction

• America Invulnerable. The Quest for Absolute Security from 1812 to Star Wars . Summit Books, New York 1988, ISBN 0-671-68876-6 .
• Terrorism , senseless violence. Historical roots and ways of fighting ("The Lessons of Terror. A History of Warfare Against Civilians", 2002). Heyne, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-453-21326-2 .

prose

• The encirclement. Roman ("The Alienist", 1994). Heyne, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-453-08019-X .
• The forgotten hero. The Adventurous Life of Frederick Townsend Ward ; Novel ("The Devil Soldier", 1995). Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-19620-1 .
• Angel of darkness. Roman ("The Angel of Darkness", 1997). Heyne, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-453-15883-0 .
• The deception. Roman ("Killing Time", 2000). Heyne, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-453-19620-1 .
• The blood of shame. A Sherlock Holmes novel ("The Italian Secretary", 2005). Heyne, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-453-40457-2 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Caleb Carr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Caleb Carr at perlentaucher.de
• Caleb Carr in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)