Scott Turow : a critical companion / Andrew F. Macdonald and Gina Macdonald.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macdonald, Andrew, 1942-

Contributor:

Macdonald, Gina.

Series:

Critical companions to popular contemporary writers.

Critical companions to popular contemporary writers, 1082-4979

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Turow, Scott--Criticism and interpretation.

Turow, Scott.

Legal stories, American--History and criticism.

Legal stories, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (278 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scott Turow is a novelist, lawyer, and humanist who has fused his two passions, writing and the law, to create challenging novels that raise significant legal issues and test the justice of present laws. In all of his books, Turow reveals the moral ambiguities that afflict both accuser and accused, and challenges his readers to reconsider their preconceived notions of justice. Beginning with One-L, his first published work about the first-year law school experience, Turow continues to capture his readers' imaginations with books such as Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof.

Contents:

The life of scott turow: the making and shaping of a literary lawyer

Scott turow's literary heritage

Presumed innocent (1987)

Burden of proof (1990): family politics

Pleading guilty (1993)

The laws of our fathers (1996)

Personal injuries (1999), legal and otherwise

Reversible errors (2002) : the death penalty revisited

Conclusion : will turow's canon have the staying power of literature?.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-252) and index.

ISBN:

9798216011989

9786612404603

9781282404601

1282404601

9780313014666

0313014663

OCLC:

61773260