{"product_id":"genealogy-of-a-murder-four-generations-three-families-one-fateful-night-1","title":"Genealogy of a Murder","description":"Over the Independence Day weekend in 1960 a young police officer is murdered, shocking his close-knit community in Stamford, Connecticut. The killer remains at large, his identity still unknown. But on a beach not far away, a young Army doctor, on leave from his post at a research lab in a maximum-security prison, faces a chilling realisation. He knows who the shooter is. In fact, the man—a prisoner out on parole—had called him only days before. By helping his former charge and trainee, the doctor, a believer in second chances, may have inadvertently helped set the murder into motion. And with that one phone call, may have sealed a policeman’s fate.\n\n\nAlvin Tarlov, David Troy and Joseph DeSalvo were all born of the Great Depression, all with grandparents who’d left different homelands for the same American Dream. How did one become a doctor, one a police officer and one a convict? In Genealogy of a Murder, journalist Lisa Belkin traces the paths of each of these three men—one of them her stepfather. Her canvas is large, spanning the first half of the 20th century: immigration, the struggles of the working class, prison reform, medical experiments, politics and war, the nature\/nurture debate, epigenetics, the infamous Leopold and Loeb case and the history of motorcycle racing. It is also intimate: a look into the workings of the mind and heart.\n\n\nFollowing these threads to their tragic outcome, Belkin examines the coincidences and choices that led to one fateful night. The result is a brilliantly researched, narratively ingenious story, which illuminates how we shape history even as we are shaped by it.","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53981815734616,"sku":null,"price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781324076124_f36017f2-780d-4f4e-9f72-7fa97987ae06.jpg?v=1764437432","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/genealogy-of-a-murder-four-generations-three-families-one-fateful-night-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}