Murder in ByzantiumIn this absorbing, suspenseful novel, Julia Kristeva combines social satire, medieval history, philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, and autobiography within a gruesome murder mystery. Murder in Byzantium deftly moves from eleventh century Europe, wracked by the turbulence of the First Crusade, to the sun dappled, cultural wasteland of present day Santa Varvara, threatened by religious cults, gangs, and a serial killer on the loose. This killer is