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Dr. Neruda's Cure for Evil

by Rafael Yglesias · 1996

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When one of his successfully treated patients commits a vicious murder and then kills himself, a preeminent New York City psychotherapist embarks on a desperate personal mission to discover the root causes of the crime—a mission that will bring him face-to-face with the true nature of evil.

Genre
mysterycrimeliterary fiction
Setting
1990s
Subject
psychology
Audience
adult
Length
epic · 704 pages

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