THE ALIENIST&

THE UNDERDOGS

A review by Terry Onley

Sarah Howard was trying her best to breakthe “sex barrier” and become a member of the NYPD.

Talented and determined, she looks to havea good chance of doing so, but leaves the force to become a private investigator…

Stevie Taggert came into Dr. Kreizler’scare after he successfully defendedhimself from sexual assault by a guard atRandall’s Island…

The strength, determination, and loyalty ofMr. Cyrus Montrose served the team well.The two team members who participated inthe final capture of the bad guy would probably not have survived the experiencewithout his able assistance.

Pretty tough piano player…

Demetrio and the guysfought like wild men,and partied like therewas no tomorrow…

Eventually, as often happens in war, therewasn’t.

But until then, therewere Federales to kill,white horses to ride, and women to…fight with?

An awful lot of the time, it seemed as though the guysdidn’t really know what they were fighting for…

Yet they fought on anyway, devoted to their uncertain cause.

The ending of the novel wasstunning. The image of Demetrio aiming his rifleinto eternity is not one I will soon forget.

Vaya con Dios,Demetrio…

Sources:• All Slides: Google Images• Slides 2-4: 17thstreet.net “A site devoted to

Caleb Carr’s books”• And of course,•THE UNDERDOGS by Mariano Azuela, and•THE ALIENIST, by Caleb Carr