Inamorata, Gangemi's first published novel, features a cast of skeptical graduate students, morphine addicts, beguiling spirit-mediums, sadistic gynecologists, . A novel by Joseph Gangemi Inspired by Scientific American 's offer of a five thousand dollar prize for concrete evidence of "conclusive psychic manifestations," Martin Finch, a Harvard graduate student, attempts to discover whether Mina Crawley, a Philadelphia socialite, is able to contact the spirit realm, only to find himself falling in love with his bltadwin.ru: Joseph Gangemi. “Truly wicked an historical thriller on a par with The Alienist.” —Steven Katz, screenwriter of Shadow of the Vampire It is the s, and Spiritualism is all the rage. With séances taking place in parlors across the country and Harry Houdini and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle arguing metaphysics in the papers, the media embraces the feverish obsession with the paranormal.4/5(3).
Inamorata by Joseph Gangemi. American Literature Septem Superfast Reader. Synopsis: While investigating paranormal reports for Scientific American in the s, a grad student falls in love with a woman claiming to be a spirit medium. Review. In the case of Joseph Gangemi's debut novel, both of these skeptics (one inside looking out, the other outside looking in) are delightfully bound to fail. Gangemi takes us into the spiritualist fever of the post-World War I years, vividly recreating an atmosphere in which a scientific journal incites its employees to satisfy the public's hunger. INAMORATA Joseph Gangemi, Author. Viking $ (p) ISBN Buy this book. Set in the Roaring '20s and steeped in period detail, this energetic debut is narrated by one Martin.
Inamorata, Gangemi's first published novel, features a cast of skeptical graduate students, morphine addicts, beguiling spirit-mediums, sadistic gynecologists, peg-legged Filipino butlers, and a talkative ghost. “Truly wicked an historical thriller on a par with The Alienist.” —Steven Katz, screenwriter of Shadow of the Vampire It is the s, and Spiritualism is all the rage. INAMORATA – G+ Joseph Gangemi – 1st book (Historical) In , Scientific American offers five thousand dollars for evidence of "conclusive psychic manifestations." Inspired by this real-life event, Inamorata follows Martin Finch, a twenty-three-year-old Harvard graduate student and member of Scientific American’s investigative committee, on the case of a lifetime—an attempt to determine whether Mina Crawley, a beautiful Philadelphia socialite, is able to contact the spirit realm.
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