Wednesday, February 08, 2012

A review I couldn't finish

In the publicity material for William Landay’s Defending Jacob, its publisher and several advance readers liken the novel to Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent, arguably the finest of American legal thrillers. The hype is justified. I don’t think Landay’s novel has quite the elegance or gravitas of Turow’s, but . . .
Washington Post, February 5
(My underlining)

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