No sooner had I posted about the new trailer for TNT’s upcoming adaptation of The Alienist than three clips were released by TNT to introduce the characters of Dr. Kreizler, Sara Howard, and John Moore. The clip of Daniel Brühl introducing Dr. Kreizler can be found below. The additional clips of Dakota Fanning introducing Sara Howard and Luke Evans introducing John Moore can be found at TNT’s YouTube channel.
Finally, a reminder to those visitors from the NYC region that Caleb Carr will be offering a Master Class this week as part of the Center for Fiction’s Crime Fiction Academy. If you are interested in attending the Master Class, you can view the details of the event and RSVP at the Center’s website. The Master Class will be taking place on Thursday, December 7th at 7:00pm.
I’m still not sold on this series. Mr. Carr gave a recent interview to the New York Times about the upcoming show and he appears torn about it. On the one hand, he praised the performances of Mr. Evans and Mr. Bruhl, as well as the visuals of the series. But on the other hand, he also admits he’s had to separate himself as author and look at the show strictly as a viewer. This is normally natural, however when you take into account that the NYT article also mentions that the killer’s perspective, absent from the book, is introduced early in the series, it’s easy to understand how Mr. Carr could be frustrated. Also, the article points out that Sara Howard has been broadened into a fuller portrait of a young woman trying to be tough enough to thrive in a man’s world without losing her femininity and sexuality. Again, there’s no need for this ‘broadening’. Sara Howard is already fully realized in the novel. It’s all there for the script writers to have lifted from the book and put in their TV series.
So I’ll still continue to avoid the show, but I maintain that I want the show to succeed with the average viewer, just because it could very well mean more book sales for Mr. Carr. And that’s never a bad thing because I want his books to do well!
Matthew, I see your perspective I am inclined to agree. I am watching the series with a critical eye. I am going to develop a series of reviews akin to literary criticism that examines the deviations between the novel and the adaptation.
Just a heads up, Amazon.com has The Alienist: At Armageddon available for pre-ordering and gives a release date of 25 September 2018.
Hello,
I’m a french fan of Caleb Carr (especially the Alienist books)
Can you please give me mord informations about the 3rd and 4th book????
Do you know when it will be possible to buy its?
And the titles?
Thanks a lot!
Sarah, The title of the Third Book is The Alienist: At Armageddon. The setting will be sometime between 1914 and 1918
We loved the opening series. Found it refreshing and exciting. Looking forward to the next one. Interesting time period in NYC.
Love the struggles one had from day to day.
We will buy the book series now. Had not known of Dr. Kreizler although fictional wonder which is real and the unreal parts. Well done!
I am halfway through The Alienist and hope to finish it before Monday (22nd). I am enjoying the time period and most of the characters. Books are usually better than the movie, but we shall see.
Fascinating! I love the books about Dr. Kriezler.
Can Amazon have interviews with Caleb on the work he did with the Alienist. Caleb is himself an alienist seeking all the data and looking into the pathology of the characters. The work he does in depth and he is very private so I am just asking what he would like to share with the readers and the viewers of the TNT events. The history is totally on point. Rich detail. What did he learn as he created ? What can he share that he wishes to share with the public?
As to the date that the third book will be available for purchase the American platform for Amazon has thus far indicated that English language edition will be released between September of this year and January of 2019.
The fourth book will be set in 1876 the Kreizler began studying with William James and first met Roosevelt, The title will be The Strange Case of Sarah X.
The show has wrapped up, and here’s a nice piece on it.
http://theestablishingshot.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-modernity-evidenced-in-alienist.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheEstablishingShot+%28The+Establishing+Shot%29
just finished The Alienist and AoD. Had a thirst for more and this helped quench that. Thank you for your insight and well referenced point if views on Dr Kreizler :)
I throughly enjoyed the books and the series in TNT. It’s a incredible story & such a excellent portrayal of people of the early 19th century