producer bought the rights and then decided he had to completely change the characters in the book. We got into a huge conflict, one that is actually ongoing." TV series In April 2015, Deadline Hollywood reported that Paramount Television had decided to use a three-year, first-look production deal they made with Anonymous Content productions to adapt The Alienist as an event TV series. Jakob Verbruggen was chosen to serve as director after Cary Fukunaga withdrew from the project. See also Albert Fish Charlie Chop-off Prostitution in 19th Century United States References Further reading Bergmann, Ina, "Jack the Ripper's American Cousins: Representations of Good and Evil in Historical Crime Fiction," Representations of Evil in Fiction and Film, Anglistik – Amerikanistik – Anglophonie, vol. 11, ed. Jochen Achilles and Ina Bergmann (Trier: WVT, 2009) 137–56. Link, Alex, "City Limits: Fixing New York in Caleb Carr's The Alienist," CLUES: A Journal of Detection 23.3 (Spring 2005): 31–41. Tallack, Douglas, "Caleb Carr: Running Away from the Darkness," The Detective as Historian: History and Art in Historical Crime Fiction, ed. Ray B. Browne and Lawrence A. Kreiser, Jr. (Bowling Green: Bowling Green State U Popular P, 2000) 251–64. External links 17th Street Comprehensive site dedicated to The Alienist and The Angel of Darkness American historical novels 1994 American novels Novels by Caleb Carr Novels about American prostitution Fiction set in 1896 Novels set in New York City Anthony Award-winning works Random House books American mystery novels Grand Prix de Littérature Policière winners