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It isn't until the storyline becomes essentially chronological that it becomes an entertaining read - and it definitely is an entertaining read. In a few pages, this 19th century crime sounds riveting. Was the 'Little Demon' truly hypnotized into submission? Luckily Levingston did not fall into this trap. With the title an obvious play on/reference to Devil in the White City, I was hoping this book would be at least half as interesting and entertaining as that one had been. Together, they lured Toussaint-Augustin Gouffé to an apartment, where they murdered him and stuffed his body into a trunk, which they later dumped in a river near Lyon. If you want a casual, but not compelling, true crime read, pick this one up. From there, they traveled to North America, wh"Little Demon in the City of Light," by Steven Levingston, tells the true story of the 1889 murder of a wealthy womanizer in Paris by a con man and his mistress. At issue was whether Bompard was under the "influence" of Eyraud, or other hypnotists at the time of the murder.Eyraud presented as a low-life psychopath and Bompard as a desperate and young woman in search of immediate financial security- she was virtually on the streets having been kicked out of her house by her father. Even some 20th and 21st Century criminaFinally finished this audio book. He even does this with Bompard's lover and co-murderer, Michel Eyraud. “You have a temperament,” he told her, “that finds pleasure in a labyrinth of intrigue. Key actors come alive and are memorable. The Little Demon, as Soul refers to him, begins residing within Soul's mind when Ragnarok cuts him and taints him with black blood. The search for the fugitives, and the use of state-of-the-art forensic tools by preeminent Paris detectives fills about one-half of the book. The author did a great job of making a fairly interesting true crime into a dull and repetitive story. Perhaps this is meaAnother book for my list of "historical events I'd never previously heard of". (Eyraud is always referred to by his last name except in the event that someone is being quoted about him and used his first name.)
It also touched on how police and criminals use the media and how the media drives public opinion. The first part of the book focuses on capturing the fugitives, and the second part focuses on the trial.
Start by marking “Little Demon in the City of Light: A True Story of Murder and Mesmerism in Belle Epoque Paris” as Want to Read: Gabrielle Bompard was a young troubled woman who came under the spell of Michel Eyraud, a long-time fraudster and con man. Interesting characters in here, including all kinds of big names in French medicine (neurological and forensic) and crimebusting, and a very unusual legal defense. True crime novels has a tendency to get a little lazy and let gruesome events This book reminds me heavily of Devil in the White City. The best thing was the spectacle display of the murder trunk, and the souvenir miniature murder trunks filled with chocolates. The best thing in the book is the description of the 19th century sleuthing which solved the case, though the author may be a little too starry-eyed in his praise of the chief investigator. This one is okay. A male murderer who tried the same hypnosis defense would have gone to the guillotine.I was attracted to this book originally because the title and the cover reminded me of "The Devil in the White City," which is still one of my favorite books. But a fun read none-the-less. My only real complaint is that Levingston consistently refers to all the men in this history by their last names, but always uses Gabrielle Bompard's first name. There are some great parts but in other places it lags. A Flock Of Seagulls. A zippy read, happily not bogged down by dry recitation of facts.
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