Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Presumed Innocent, Innocent, The Burden of Proof, Reversible Errors and Limitations. His works of nonfiction include One L, his journal from his first year at law school, and Ultimate Punishment, which he wrote after serving on the Illinois commission that investigated the administration of the death penalty and influenced Governor George Ryan's unprecedented commutation of the sentences of 164 death row inmates on his last day in office. Ultimate Punishment won the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. He lives outside Chicago, where he is partner in the firm of SNR Denton (formerly Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal).
Ordinary Heroes is a beautifully wrought, finely achieved
reconstruction of an elusive, a clandestine life-a World War II
life, as it happens-by Scott Turow at the very top of his form. So,
be warned, a book to start on Friday night. Alan Furst"
""Ordinary Heroes" is a beautifully wrought, finely achieved
reconstruction of an elusive, a clandestine life-a World War II
life, as it happens-by Scott Turow at the very top of his form. So,
be warned, a book to start on Friday night." -Alan Furst
Praise for Scott Turow:
"No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow."
-"Los Angeles Time"s
"Scott Turow not only knows what his readers want, he delivers just
about perfectly . . . Turow is the closest we have to a Balzac of
the fin de siecle professional class." -Todd Gitlin, "Chicago
Tribune"
"[Turow has] set new standards for the genre, most notably in the
depth and subtlety of his characterizations . . . the kind of
reading pleasure that only the best novelists-genre or
otherwise-can provide."-Gary Krist, "The New York Times"
"Of all the lawyer-storytellers who have clambered onto the
bestseller lists in recent years, Scott Turow is the champ. Not
only are his plots absorbing and his characters persuasive, but his
sentences flow with an artful cadence."-Dennis Drabelle, "The
Washington Post Book World" Praise for "Ordinary Heroes: "
""Ordinary Heroes" is a beautifully wrought, finely achieved
reconstruction of an elusive, a clandestine life-a World War II
life, as it happens-by Scott Turow at the very top of his form. So,
be warned, a book to start on Friday night." -Alan Furst
Praise for Scott Turow:
"No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow."
-"Los Angeles Time"s
"Scott Turow not only knows what his readers want, he delivers just
about perfectly . . . Turow is the closest we have to a Balzac of
the fin de siecle professional class." -Todd Gitlin, "Chicago
Tribune"
"[Turow has] set new standards for the genre, most notably in the
depth and subtlety of his characterizations . . . the kind of
reading pleasure that only the best novelists-genre or
otherwise-can provide."-Gary Krist, "The New York Times"
"Of all the lawyer-storytellers who have clambered onto the
bestseller lists in recent years, Scott Turow is the champ. Not
only are his plots absorbing and his characters persuasive, but his
sentences flow with an artful cadence."-Dennis Drabelle, "The
Washington Post Book World"
Praise for "Ordinary Heroes: "
""Ordinary Heroes" is a beautifully wrought, finely achieved
reconstruction of an elusive, a clandestine life-a World War II
life, as it happens-by Scott Turow at the very top of his form. So,
be warned, a book to start on Friday night." -Alan Furst
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