Author

Erik Larson

Erik Larson is the American narrative-nonfiction writer behind The Devil in the White City (2003), Thunderstruck, In the Garden of Beasts, Dead Wake, The Splendid and the Vile (2020), and The Demon of Unrest (2024). He treats long-form history as literature.

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5.0

First published

2003

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The Devil in the White City

by Erik Larson

The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson 2003 review. The 1893 Chicago World's Fair and the serial killer H. H. Holmes, whose hotel operated three blocks from the fairgrounds. The narrative-nonfiction bestseller that defined the contemporary popular-history register.