After watching the movie Presumed
Innocent back in the late 80's, I went hunting for the novel of the same
title. I found The Burden of Proof (1990) instead. Archiving my
comments, I decided they bore repeating: “Amid the shallow slurs of modern
paperback novels, Turow's style stands apart. He’s one of the few modern
writers I've come across who can tell a suspenseful story in a substantive way.”
After reading Personal Injuries,
I stand by my initial impression. Sifting through the bargain bin at my local
used bookstore, I grabbed this one and a dozen other paperbacks for a nickel
each. One is Turow's Reversible Errors, which I look forward to reading
sometime soon. Turow is thorough, detailed, and engrossing. Personal
Injuries is just as good if not better than Burden of Proof. The
author's sense of what's essential to plot and setting are quite good. The cast
of characters is memorable and at times moving. Five out of five stars. PG-13
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