The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

Two true stories run side by side in this book, and they happened in the exact same place at the exact same time. One is the genuinely incredible effort to build the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, a feat of architecture and ambition. The other is the story of H.H. Holmes, a serial killer who used the chaos of the fair to lure victims. Erik Larson tells both with novel-like pacing, and the contrast between the dazzling fair and the horror happening nearby makes it hard to put down. A modern classic of narrative nonfiction. Order from thebookdot.com with delivery across Pakistan.