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| Author: John Grisham ISBN-10: 0440243831 ISBN-13: 9780440243830 Format: Paperback Publication Year: 2007 Category: SOCIAL SCIENCE, TRUE CRIME In John Grisham's first nonfiction book, he disinters the appalling details of a miscarriage of justice in Oklahoma. After a short disappointing career as a major league baseball player, Ron Williamson returned to his hometown of Ada, moved in with his mother, and began to lose his mind. When a young cocktail waitress was raped and murdered, the local police decided to target the mentally unstable Williamson. Using coercive methods and the flimsiest of evidence the District Attorney railroaded... | More | Average Ratings  from 9 reviewsPrice: $3.50 - $8.13 List Price: $7.99 |
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by: pinksunshine8888  ) | Review created: 01/13/08 |
| 1 out of 1 people found the following review helpful. First, I would like to say that I am a HUGE fan of John Grisham, I absolutely LOVE his style and I can get lost in his books for hours on end. This book was different, the story seemed to be told more from a "reporter's" perspective rather than and "investigators" stand point. I thought the author's (John Grisham) voice seemed a bit un-interested, detached, bored, rushed, even depressed. I thought it was sorta gloomy,I envisioned rain in every scene and it's funny, I really can't remember now, if it rained at all in the story. There are a lot of characters to follow, none which have extraordinary lives. It was almost like watching an old movie- if you know what I mean? Overall, I thought the book was a little "flat". | |
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by: duckylips500  ) | Review created: 08/13/08 |
Excellent book! Everyone should read this book, but especially anyone who has a loved one in the system. The justice system does not work. Although it is an old system and now rich in tradition, we may need to look at a system that would really work! A system that would protect the innocent in the crimes that are committed, not the guilty. There are way too many people out there that don't get put into the system that are guilty and way too many people who are in the system, never to get out, who are INNOCENT! | |
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by: avant84uqv ) | Review created: 07/02/08 |
Trying to read all of Grisham's books - they're usually a little difficult to get into and this one particularly so - but once you do you're hooked. This was a very interesting story. | |
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by: skeeter_wolf ) | Review created: 06/07/08 |
I DID NOT RECEIVE THIS BOOK. SELLER SAYS HE HAS RETURNED MY MONEY TO MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT. i AM BLOCKED FROM LOOKING AT MY PAYPAL ACCOUNT, THEREFORE, I DO NOT KNOW IF THE MONEY IS RETURNED OR NOT. i DID NOT GET ANY HELP FROM CUSTOMER SERVICE. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR AT LEAST A MONTH. I CAN PAY FOR ITEMS THROUGH PAYPAL BUT CANNOT LOOK AT MY ACCOUNT. HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED. | |
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by: chinniekilu  ) | Review created: 05/07/08 |
I enjoy John Grisham. As his first non-fiction this one was especially well written. He is an excellent author and his books are a quick read. | |
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by: layneswife ) | Review created: 04/14/08 |
The book was like brand new. GGreat seller, it was everything I hoped for AND THEN SOME. DEKIVERY WAS QUICK! | |
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by: kaybelleone ) | Review created: 04/09/08 |
This is a very dark and scary book, chronicling the false conviction of an innocent man (well, actually two) sent to death row. I almost set it aside several times, but felt compelled to read it to the end. The Innocent Man should be required reading for every American so that we can stop imprisoning and murdering innocent people. It is good to read a book like this from the perspective of the lawyer Grisham, but in a writing style that makes the legal aspects accessible to all of us. That said, The Innocent Man is not written as well as his novels. But he is the first to admit that, for him, writing novels comes easier to him than nonfiction. He was probably so intent on the research that his writing flagged a bit. Grisham focused on the former baseball player and mentally disabled man who was convicted of murder -- probably because he is a big baseball fan -- but to me it was almost scarier that a schoolteacher, a saner and somewhat more squared-away person was so easily convicted. | |
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by: vertiboy ) | Review created: 02/02/08 |
Though not a piece of fiction (unfortunately) this reads very much like one of Grisham's novels. At times it gets bogged down in details that don't seem to add much to the story, but the story itself is so incredible that you'll find it hard to put down! I recommend this to anyone who likes John Grisham. | |
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by: candiceh28  ) | Review created: 01/26/08 |
I am a native Oklahoman going to school at East Central University in Ada, and had heard how this booked was based on that area. I loved reading all of Grisham's other novels, so I decided to give this one a try, as well. Grisham, as always, wrote this beautifully. There are a few parts where I got somewhat bogged down with all the legal jargon, but that happens frequently when I'm reading Grisham's books, so I didn't think anything of it. I liked how everything Grisham wrote in this novel was true -- I later googled all of it and found the exact stories on the internet. The only down-side to this novel is it really makes you think negative things about our legal system, and puts Oklahoma in somewhat of a bad light. But otherwise, it's a good book. | |
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