{"id":8413,"date":"2025-02-19T22:24:26","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/marketplace\/the-best-minds-a-story-of-friendship-madness-and-the-tragedy-of-good-intentions\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T22:24:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T22:24:26","slug":"the-best-minds-a-story-of-friendship-madness-and-the-tragedy-of-good-intentions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/marketplace\/the-best-minds-a-story-of-friendship-madness-and-the-tragedy-of-good-intentions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Minds: A Story of Friendship, Madness, and the Tragedy of Good Intentions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Market Place -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4166091270\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<p>PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST Named a Top 10 Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Slate, and People<\/p>\n<p> One of Barack Obama&#8217;s Favorite Books of 2023<\/p>\n<p> \u201cBrave and nuanced . . . an act of tremendous compassion and a literary triumph.\u201d \u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n<p> \u201cImmensely emotional and unforgettably haunting.\u201d \u2014The Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n<p> Acclaimed author Jonathan Rosen\u2019s haunting investigation of the forces that led his closest childhood friend, Michael Laudor, from the heights of brilliant promise to the forensic psychiatric hospital where he has lived since killing the woman he loved. 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