ISBN: 0762102543
Author: Scott Turow
Language: English
Publisher: ImPress / The Reader's Digest; Unknown, Could be Book Club edition (July 1, 1999)
Pages: 448
Category: Contemporary
Subcategory: Literature
Rating: 4.1
Votes: 190
Size Fb2: 1743 kb
Size ePub: 1263 kb
Size Djvu: 1719 kb
Other formats: azw docx lit lrf
Home Scott Turow Presumed Innocent. Cody has been unusually quiet today, sparing us the customary reverie about the bum deals and good pinches he has witnessed in gross on most city avenues.
Home Scott Turow Presumed Innocent. Presumed innocent, . Unlike Raymond-or, for that matter, me-he has no difficulty bringing himself to sorrow. He appears to have been without sleep, which gives his face an edge of roughened grief.
FREE shipping on qualifying offers. Hailed as the most suspenseful and compelling novel in decades, PRESUMED INNOCENT brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of all crimes. It's the stunning portrayal of one man's all-too-human.
Presumed Innocent, published in August 1987, is Scott Turow's first novel, which tells the story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, an attractive and intelligent prosecutor, Carolyn Polhemus. It is told in the first person by the accused, Rožat "Rusty" Sabich. A motion picture adaptation starring Harrison Ford was released in 1990.
Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Innocent, Ordinary Heroes, The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors and Limitations. His works of nonfiction include One L, his journal from his first year at law school, and Ultimate Punishment, which he wrote after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan's unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office.
Scott Turow's runaway bestseller comes to theaters everywhere as a major motion picture from Warner Bros.
Presumed Innocent book. The book is not just a thriller but Scott Turow's attempt to explore the intricacies of the human mind and he has done a commendable job. I would recommend the book to lovers of legal thrillers, murder mysteries, psychological thrillers if he/she does not mind the ramblings of the protagonist.
Sabich!" calls Ernestine, Judge Lyttle's docket clerk, into the crowded courtroom. She is a stern-looking black woman, six feet tall. Sunup on the morning of battle; Christians against lions back in Rome. There are four full rows of press, five sketch artists at the head.
Presumed Innocent: A Novel. The novel that launched Turow's career as one of America's pre-eminent thriller writers tells the story of Rusty Sabicch, chief deputy prosecutor in a large Midwestern city. With three weeks to go in his boss' re-election campaign, a member of Rusty's staff is found murdered; he is charged with finding the killer, until his boss loses and, incredibly, Rusty finds himself accused of the murder.
Scott Turow Presumed innocent. You do not have to tell us why it happened. People's motives, after all, may be forever locked inside them. But you must, at least, try to determine what actually occurred.
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