<p><b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br></b><br>"Larson is a marvelous writer...superb at creating characters with a few short strokes." <i><b><b>--</b>The New York Times Book Review</b></i> <p/>"Larson's gift for rendering an historical era with vibrant tactility and filling it with surprising personalities makes <i>Thunderstruck</i> an irresistible tale...He beautifully captures the awe that greeted early wireless transmissions on shipboard...he restores life to this fascinating, long-lost world." <b>--<i>Washington Post <br></i></b><br>"A ripping yarn of murder and invention."<b><i> --Los Angeles Times<br></i></b><br>"Of all the non-fiction writers working today, Erik Larson seems to have the most delicious fun...for his newest, destined-to-delight book, <i>Thunderstruck</i>, Larson has turned his sights on Edwardian London, a place alive with new science and seances, anonymous crowds and some stunningly peculiar personalities." <br><i><b>--Chicago Tribune<br></b></i><br>"[Larson] interweaves gripping storylines about a cryptic murderer and the race for technology in the early 20th century. An edge-of-the-seat read." <b>--</b><i><b>People<br></b></i><br>"Captivating...with <i>Thunderstruck</i>, Larson has selected another enthralling tale--two of them, actually...[he] peppers the narrative with an engaging array of secondary figures and fills the margins with rich tangential period details...Larson has once again crafted a popular history narrative that is stylistically closer to a smartly plotted novel." <i><b><b>--</b>Miami Herald<br></b></i><br>"As he did with <i>The Devil in the White City</i>, Larson has created an intense, intelligent page turner that shows how the march of progress and innovation affect both the world at large and the lives of everyday people." <b>--<i>Atlanta Journal-Constitution <p/>"</i></b>Captivating...with <i>Thunderstruck</i>, Larson again demonstrates that he's one of the best nonfiction writers around and proves that real-life murders can be as compelling to read about as fictional ones."<b><i> --Dallas/Forth Worth Star-Telegram<br></i></b><br>"[Larson] captures the human capacity for wonder at the turn of the century...[he] has perfected a narrative form of his own invention."<b><i> --Cleveland Plain Dealer <br></i></b><br>"An enthralling narrative and vivid descriptions...Larson has done a marvelous job of bringing the distinct stories together in his own unique way. Simply fantastic!" <br><b>--</b><i><b>Library Journal<br></b></i><br>"Splendid, beautifully written...<i>Thunderstruck</i> triumphantly resurrects the spirit of another age, when one man's public genius linked the world, while another's private turmoil made him a symbol of the end of the great hush and the first victim of a new era when instant communication, now inescapable, conquered the world." <br><b>--</b><i><b>Publishers Weekly</b></i></p>
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