Presumed Innocent

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• Grace Street Blues

  Scott Turow’s first novel has been first on the best-seller list of The New York Times for many weeks. It has been widely and, for the most part, favorably reviewed, and one must assume that its readers include a considerable number with literary tas ... (read full critics)

  nybooks published on Mon, 23 Aug 2010

3 Reviews

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  Shocking and Stunning - a great thriller

  What I loved about this book, is I was challenged by a friend before I started to see if I could identify the killer.

  I carefully studied every page, and then, right at the end, I read a passage that completely twisted on itself. It stunned me, in into believing that the world was upside down – th ... (continue)

  What I loved about this book, is I was challenged by a friend before I started to see if I could identify the killer.

  I carefully studied every page, and then, right at the end, I read a passage that completely twisted on itself. It stunned me, in into believing that the world was upside down – that everything I believed about the book was the reverse, and while I was still reeling from the knowledge – it turned the entire thing on its head by telling me the truth.

  Very clever, very scary.

  I don’t normally like whodunit books – but this is intelligently written and thoroughly entertaining.

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  JohnR said on Aug 13, 2011 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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  Presumed watched

  A very good law thriller, with quite a few interesting elements, like the first-person narration of the main suspect, the contradiction between two different types of lawyers, the different layers of the investigation. Apart from the many law details I wasn't accustomed with, my personal reading exp ... (continue)

  A very good law thriller, with quite a few interesting elements, like the first-person narration of the main suspect, the contradiction between two different types of lawyers, the different layers of the investigation. Apart from the many law details I wasn't accustomed with, my personal reading experience was spoiled when I realized that the book was reminding me a film I had watched a decade ago and, in the end, I found out that this was the case. For the record, the nice film is a 1990 Alan Pacula movie with Harrison Ford and Raul Julia.

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  Gazakas said on Jul 19, 2011 about the Mass Market Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  My friend Steve recommended this book to me. I was never much of a bestseller reader, but I picked it up . . . and I could not put it down. I recall I stretched my time as much as I could before going to work that day and rushed home at night to complete it.

  I had the correct person, but did ... (continue)

  My friend Steve recommended this book to me. I was never much of a bestseller reader, but I picked it up . . . and I could not put it down. I recall I stretched my time as much as I could before going to work that day and rushed home at night to complete it.

  I had the correct person, but did not have all the hooks. The movie paled in comparison to the book.

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  Batona said on Mar 24, 2007 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Paperback 512 Pages
• ISBN-10: 0446676446
• ISBN-13: 9780446676441
• Publisher: Warner Books
• Pub date: Dec 01, 2000
• Dimensions: 1290 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
• Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Library Binding, Unbound and Others

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