An Intricate Tale of murder and the mind’s most dangerous mysteries

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.

作者介绍：贾德•鲁本菲尔德就读过普林斯顿大学、尤利亚德戏剧学院和哈佛大学法学院，现在是耶鲁大学法学院副院长、讲座教授。鲁本菲尔德最近出版的的著作是《司法革命：美国宪法的结构》（哈佛大学出版社，2005年）和备受称赞的《时间和自由：自治的宪政理论》（耶鲁大学出版社，2001年）。

译者简介：李继宏，广东揭阳人，2003年毕业于中山大学社会学系，译有《维纳斯的诞生》（上海人民，2005.5）、《追风筝的人》（上海人民，2006.5）、《谋杀的解析》（上海译文，2006.9）、《倒转地极》（上海人民，2007.1）、《烟花散尽》（上海人民，2007.5）、《充满奇想的一年》（吉林文史，2007.6）、《灿烂千阳》（上海人民，2007.8）等书。