The Luigi Mangione Affair: When Frustration Turns Fatal

The whole affair reeked of gasoline and cheap existentialism, the kind of story that makes your teeth itch and your brain feel like it’s on fire. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old anarchist or lunatic—depending on who you ask—was hauled into custody after the brutal, point-blank assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The media’s buzzards swooped in immediately, circling the carcass of this tragedy, digging for anything juicy. And they found it in an online Goodreads review.