The Death Instinct
Jed Rubenfeld
Jan 2011 · Penguin Random House Audio · Narrated by Kerry Shale
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A spellbinding literary thriller about terror, war, greed, and the darkest secrets of the human soul, by the author of the million-copy bestseller, The Interpretation of Murder.September 16, 1920. Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York.Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham Younger, his friend James Littlemore of the New York Police Department, and beautiful French radiochemist Colette Rousseau. A series of inexplicable attacks on Colette, a secret buried in her past, and a mysterious trail of evidence lead Younger, Littlemore, and Rousseau on a thrilling international and psychological journey – from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Dr Sigmund Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and ultimately to the hidden depths of our most savage instincts. As the seemingly disjointed pieces of Younger and Littlemore’s investigations come together, the two uncover the shocking truth about the bombing – a truth that threatens to shake their world to its foundations.
About the author
Currently the Robert R. Slaughter Professor of Law at Yale University, Jed Rubenfeld is one of this country's foremost experts on constitutional law. As a Princeton undergraduate, he wrote his senior thesis on Freud. At the Juilliard School of Drama, he studied Shakespeare. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut, with his wife and two daughters.
Kerry Shale has worked at the National Theatre, the Almeida, the Hampstead, the Donmar Warehouse, Riverside Studios, the Gate, and the Royal Court. In Edinburgh, he wrote and performed six solo shows at the Traverse, the Assembly Rooms, and the Pleasance. His work in the West End includes The Normal Heart and Frost/Nixon.
Kerry Shale has worked at the National Theatre, the Almeida, the Hampstead, the Donmar Warehouse, Riverside Studios, the Gate, and the Royal Court. In Edinburgh, he wrote and performed six solo shows at the Traverse, the Assembly Rooms, and the Pleasance. His work in the West End includes The Normal Heart and Frost/Nixon.
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