24 years after `The Alienist` was published, a surprisingly timely adaptation finally makes it to TNT
(LA Times Television)

Just how long has it taken Hollywood to adapt `The Alienist,` Caleb Carr´s bestselling novel about a serial killer on the loose in Gilded Age New York? Here´s some perspective: Dakota Fanning, who plays one of the leads in the 10-episode miniseries premiering Monday on TNT, was born a few weeks...