M. Larose
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Erik Larson:
Which of your books was the most engrossing for you personally as you researched and/or wrote it?
Erik Larson
I'm not dodging your question, but really, each has been deeply engrossing in its own way. I really can't point to one and say it was more compelling than another.
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Michael Bowler
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Erik Larson:
I am really looking forward to reading your new book. The Lusitania has always fascinated me, though not as much as Titanic. One of my favorite books ever is The Devil in the White City. Did you spend time Chicago visiting the sites and locations when you did research, and where did you find all the minute details about the creation of the White City and the series of murders that transpired during the fair?
LynBarTri
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Erik Larson:
I read your response to the question about structuring your narrative and I have slightly different question. From reading THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY and THUNDERSTRUCK, I take it that you leave it up to the reader to make sort out the juxtaposition of good and evil and, more significantly, the implications. My question is which motivates you most in putting the narrative together, the evil or the good?
Bsummone
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Erik Larson:
I will be going to Berlin in May and my companion is reading In the Garden of Beasts right now (at my insistence!) In your view, what are the must see locations that will make this story even more tangible and terrifying? (I have told many that your book is the "Boiling the Frog" experience of the Third Reich as my encouragement for them to read it.)
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