The Confession
by:
John Grisham (author)
In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and...
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In 1998, in the small East Texas city of Sloan, Travis boyette abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donte Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.
ow nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donte is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what's right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780440245117 (0440245117)
ASIN: 440245117
Publish date: July 19th 2011
Publisher: Dell
Pages no: 515
Edition language: English
Niewinny człowiek zostaje skazany na karę śmierci. Niemal w ostatniej chwili prawdziwy zabójca wraz z pewnym pastorem postanawiają zrobić wszystko, by nie dopuścić do wykonania wyroku i... Cóż, jednym z niewielu ale jednak dość dużym problemem tej książki jest to, iż nie kończy się ona w momencie ...
Not my favorite Grisham, but 4 stars; I really liked it. Texas, the death penalty, and an out of state minister caught up in trying to stop an execution.
Beautifully written, but I hated the story. I wish I'd never read The Confession, but I couldn't put it down.
The problem with reading clubs is that occasionally someone suggests a dud and one feels forced to finish the book out of courtesy to the other participants. That's what happened here.I abhor the death penalty. I approve of Grisham's message 100%, but my goodness this book is repetitive and tediou...
May's reading group book. This is what I like about the reading group - I would never have picked this book up - I don't like thrillers, you see. Actually, what I don't like is gore & violence, neither of which appear in this book to any great extent. Basic surmise is that a murder was committed in ...
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