Presumed Innocent
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| Author | Scott Turow |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Legal thriller, Crime novel |
| Publisher | Farrar Straus & Giroux |
| Released | 1987 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 448 pp (first edition, hardback) 432 (paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-374-23713-1 (first edition, hardback) ISBN 0-14-010336-8 (paperback) |
Presumed Innocent, published in 1987, is Scott Turow's first novel, which tells a story of a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague.
[edit] Plot introduction
The novel is an unusual variation on the traditional "whodunit", being told in the first person by the accused, Rusty Sabich. He reveals himself to be a sympathetic character as he narrates the events leading up to his trial. The trial itself is a masterpiece of suspense, with Sabich making frequent professional observations on the quality of the prosecution and the defense.
However, at no time during his ordeal does Sabich reveal the one thing which the reader really wishes to know: whether he did in fact commit the crime. Only at the end of the novel is this question, to some extent, answered.
Many of the minor characters in Presumed Innocent also appear in Turow's later novels, which are all set in the same fictional mid-West region of Kindle County.
[edit] Film
In 1990, a motion picture based on the best-selling novel and bearing the same title was released. See Presumed Innocent (film).
