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The Innocent Man | 
 enlarge | Author: John Grisham
Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 2262
Media: Paperback
Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0099493578
EAN: 9780099493570
ASIN: 0099493578
Publication Date: November 15, 2007
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 A valuable exposé July 22, 2008
Lance Mitchell (Hampshire, UK, Northern Hemisphere, Planet Earth)
By now, there is no excuse for starting to read this book believing that it is written to Grisham's usual formula. This is not a brilliantly written legal thriller. It is an excellent piece of investigative journalism, and it is very clear that John Grisham has invested a huge amount of effort into his investigations.
He tells the true story of several wrongful convictions, concentrating mainly on the central character, Ron Williamson, who spends a considerable proportion of his life on death row and in other detention centres.
Grisham exposes the flaws in the American justice system, which is under constant pressure from the conviction-hungry public who will not allow the truth to stand in the way of their passionate pursuit of somebody to blame for any heinous crime, who, whether innocent or guilty, will receive the heavy punishment that such a terrible criminal would deserve. This leads to deliberate, and institutional, incompetence amongst the investigators and the lawyers.
For me, the book is far too long. I think that Grisham could have condensed the results of his rigorous investigations into about half the pages that he has filled. It is clear, from early on, what the outcomes would be. However, it is a valuable exposé, and I hope that US citizens will use it as the basis for successful campaigns against injustice in The Land of the Free.
 Innocent but Predictable July 2, 2008
Tony (Bradford, UK)
Not John Grisham's usual but we know the result from the start. All the police are stupid and the accused and Grisham are wonderful.
I did not enjoy this but his next book, Playing for Pizza, was worse!
I loved his earlier books but he's having a problem. Good luck Mr. Grisham. get better!
 Sad, but true June 27, 2008
P. Horrex (Ipswich, England)
How could anyone so obviously innocent be found guilty and sentenced to death? If this had happened a century ago I could believe it, but we're talking the 80's here! The state of Oklahoma and the town and prosectutors of Ada should be ashamed. This book will bring you to tears, and is one of the best I have ever read. Buy it, read it, you wont be able to put it down.
 The worst John Grisham I have ever read June 20, 2008
Ed Taylor (Lancashire England)
Ron Williamson was an average state level baseball player who thought he was better than his ability proved he was. He took to drinking, drugs and women and was surprised when as a lonely drinken drifter he returned to his home town and was charged with the rape and murder of a waitress 5 years before. There was sufficient evidence against him and his co-accused to secure a conviction. Was the conviction sound? This book doesn't have the answer. The Mirror said of this book "John Grisham has built his stunning writing career on producing brilliant fast moving utterly believable legal thrillers" He should stick to fiction because he does not have the skill of writing documentary style factual stories. The book is totally unbalanced and provides one man's side of the story - Ron Williamson's. Maybe there was a miscarraige of justice but this book is far too subjective and dismissive of the case against him. The apparent incompetance of the defence lawyers is matched only by John Grisham's own incompetance as a factual author.
Tough going May 1, 2008
P. Butler (Leeds, UK)
I'm going to side with the majority on this one, and sum up The Innocent Man as tough going and ultimately disapointing.
The outing of a lazy and corrupt law and judicial system is a noble cause that offers some interesting insight, but the prose is laborious and at times makes for tortous reading.
I stuck with it because I wanted to give Grisham the benefit of the doubt - his other works warrant that honour - but I could quite easily have shelved this one with a good chunk left unread.
It isn't classic Grisham that we all know and love - it was never going to be given the real-life subject matter - but you still expect a great deal better.
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