The Confession
by:
John Grisham (author)
In 1998, a high-school teenage girl named Nicole Yarber is kidnapped, raped, and strangled to death. Her body is buried near Joplin, Missouri. What follows is the wrongful arrest of a black high-school football star named Donteacute; Drumm.As Donteacute; is tried, convicted, and sentenced to...
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In 1998, a high-school teenage girl named Nicole Yarber is kidnapped, raped, and strangled to death. Her body is buried near Joplin, Missouri. What follows is the wrongful arrest of a black high-school football star named Donteacute; Drumm.As Donteacute; is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death...
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780099545828 (0099545829)
Publish date: May 26th 2011
Publisher: Arrow
Pages no: 457
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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