The Death Instinct

Yale law professor Jed Rubenfeld enjoyed great acclaim in 2006 with the publication of his first work of fiction, The Interpretation of Murder.  His second novel, The Death Instinct, is scheduled for U.S. publication in January 2011 (but perhaps you can locate an ARC between now and then).  Here's the synopsis, from the Barnes & Noble website:

September 16, 1920.  Under a clear blue September sky, a quarter ton of explosives is detonated in a deadly attack on Wall Street. Fear comes to the streets of New York.  Witnessing the blast are war veteran Stratham Younger, his friend James Littlemore of the New York Police Department, and beautiful French radiochemist Colette Rousseau.  A series of inexplicable attacks on Colette, a secret buried in her past, and a mysterious trail of evidence lead Younger, Littlemore, and Rousseau on a thrilling international and psychological journey – from Paris to Prague, from the Vienna home of Dr Sigmund Freud to the corridors of power in Washington, DC, and ultimately to the hidden depths of our most savage instincts.  As the seemingly disjointed pieces of Younger and Littlemore’s investigations come together, the two uncover the shocking truth about the bombing – a truth that threatens to shake their world to its foundations.

Professor Rubenfeld talks about his upcoming book in this video.

Comments

[Brian]

I must have missed the "great acclaim" for the first novel, where was it?