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July 27, 2008

The Innocent Man by John Grisham

The Innocent Man is John Grisham's first foray into nonfiction writing. It's the true life story of grisly murders in Oklahoma and law enforcement officials who conspired to railroad confessions for these crimes in order to "solve" them, as well as the efforts to free these men from jail and death row.

Grisham has always been a compelling writer, but he has always suffered from the problem of being able to set up great scenarios and then not know what to do with them. With The Innocent Man, however, the endings have already been written. Thus, Grisham is able to do what he does best without worrying about how to end the story.

I enjoyed this book, and recommend it to fans of crime stories and legal dramas.

Posted by In Repair at July 27, 2008 06:35 PM

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