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Thunderstruck (Keyes review) **
"Disappointed" was the chief word John Keyes had for this promising new volume from Seattle's Eric Larson. Two stars out of five. [More]

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The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic and Madness at the Fair That Changed America ****
Larson's conceit here is that architect Daniel Hudson Burnham's brilliant masterminding of the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and serial killer H. H. Holmes's murderous scheming were parallel entry points to a new America. [More]