Readers' Review: "Presumed Innocent" By Scott Turow
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For the August Readers’ Review, we chose Scott Turow's "Presumed Innocent." A legal thriller published in 1987, it became an instant best seller. The Hollywood movie came out three years later, starring Harrison Ford as Rusty Sabich. He's a prosecuting attorney who finds himself accused of murdering a beautiful female co-worker. Readers don't learn until the very end whether Sabich is guilty. Along the way, the novel provides keen insights into how politics and personalities can shape a criminal trial. Join Diane and her guests as they discuss "Presumed Innocent."
Guests
Leslie Maitland
former reporter for The New York Times and author of "Crossing the Borders of Time."
Barry Coburn
trial lawyer and partner at the Washington, D.C., law firm Coburn & Greenbaum.
Alafair Burke
law professor at Hofstra University, former prosecutor and author of eight novels, including "Never Tell," published in June.
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Excerpt from "Presumed Innocent" by Scott Turow. Copyright 2011 by Scott Turow. Reprinted here by permission of Grand Central Publishing. All rights reserved.
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Presumed Innocent was Turow's first published novel, published in 1987. The sequel, Innocent, was published in 2010. Turow published seven other independent novels in between. A couple of Diane's comments during the program implied that Innocent was the immediate successor to Presumed Innocent. All that aside, both novels are superb, working not simply as murder mysteries or courtroom dramas but as deep character exploration and revelation of the protagonist's inner life. The same may be said of Turow's second novel, Burden of Proof, published in 1990. Here the protagonist is Sandy Stern, the defense attorney from Presumed Innocent (other than that, this novel is independent of its predecessor). All Turow's novel are well worth reading but these three I think are his best.