![]() ![]() ![]() The range of original sources available was so rich and textured - intercepted messages, love letters, passengers’ accounts, even photographs of the dead taken soon after the disaster. It occurred to me that writing a book on the subject would more than anything else be an exercise in conjuring real-life suspense. ![]() What convinced you that this event had the elements of a very good story and was a worthy topic for your next book?Įrik Larson: I realized that a vast trove of great archival material existed on the subject - material that in my view had not yet been used to maximum narrative advantage. In a Q&A with Bookselling This Week, Larson, whose other works include the 2004 National Book Award finalist The Devil in the White City (Vintage), discusses his extensive research process and what fascinated him about the 100-year-old story.īTW: There are already a number of books out there about the Lusitania. ![]() The New York Times Book Review, which praised Larson as “one of the modern masters of popular narrative nonfiction," called Dead Wake “an entertaining book about a great subject will do much to make this seismic event resonate for new generations of readers.” Erik Larson’s highly anticipated new book, Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (Crown), delves deeply into the story of the sinking of a British ocean liner by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, which resulted in the deaths of 1,198 passengers. ![]()
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