Jed Rubenfeld Knihy

V istú horúcu letnú noc v roku 1909, Sigmund Freud - vtedy už svetoznáma a kontroverzná osobnosť - vystúpi v New Yorku z parníka. Sprevádza ho rival Carl Gustav Jung a medzi tými, ktorí ho prišli privítať, je aj doktor Stratham Younger, talentovaný lekár a jeden z Freudových najhorlivejších amerických priaznivcov. Tak sa začína prvá - a posledná - návšteva génia v Amerike. Ráno po Freudovom príchode nájdu v luxusnom podkrovnom byte na druhej strane veľkomesta zavraždenú krásnu ženu - zbičovanú a uškrtenú bielou hodvábnou kravatou. Na druhý deň o vlások unikne smrti vzdorovitá dedička Nora Actonová, ktorá sa takmer stala druhou obeťou vraha. Pôvabná slečna trpiaca hystériou si však nedokáže spomenúť na hroznú udalosť ani na útočníka. Keď doktora Youngera požiadajú o konzultáciu, vyzve hosťujúceho Freuda, aby podrobil dievča psychoanalýze. Doktor Younger sa spolu so starostom, excentrickým mestským koronerom a mladým detektívom z oddelenia vrážd Jimmym Littlemorom zapojí do vyšetrovania

At the stroke of noon on September 16, 1920, as the bells of Trinity Church in lower Manhattan sounded a final, sonorous note, a bomb exploded, killing and maiming hundreds of people. Caught in the blast: war veteran Dr. Stratham Younger and his friends Captain James Littlemore of the New York Police Department and beautiful Colette Rousseau, a French radiochemist. Then a series of inexplicable attacks on Rousseau and a mysterious trail of evidence and secrets lead them all on a twisting unexpected journey from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Sigmund Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, D.C., and ultimately to the depths of our most savage human instincts where lies the shocking truth behind that fateful day.

"It may be taboo to say so, but some groups in this country do better than others. Mormon, Cuban, Nigerian, and Chinese Americans have all recently achieved astonishing business success. This book uncovers the secret to their success."--Page 4 de la couverture.

Yale Law School professors Chua (the Tiger Mom herself) and husband Rubenfeld argue that the triumph of certain cultural groups in America--e.g., Mormons in business and the highly paid Chinese Americans and Jews--results from three principles: members of such groups believe the group is exceptional, still feel they must prove themselves, and work for future goals instead of immediate satisfaction.