Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (Random House Large Print)

ONE OF PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2019

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2019 BY Time, LitHub, Vulture, Glamour, O Magazine, Town and Country, Suspense Magazine, Inside Hook

New York Times Best Seller
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â€œCompelling . . . at once a true-crime thriller, courtroom drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee. If To Kill a Mockingbird was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add Furious Hours to your reading list today.â€ â€”Southern Living
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Reverend Willie Maxwell was a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money in the 1970s. With the help of a savvy lawyer, he escaped justice for years until a relative shot him dead at the funeral of his last victim. Despite hundreds of witnesses, Maxwellâ€™s murderer was acquittedâ€”thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend.
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Sitting in the audience during the vigilanteâ€™s trial was Harper Lee, who had traveled from New York City to her native Alabama with the idea of writing her own In Cold Blood, the true-crime classic she had helped her friend Truman Capote research seventeen years earlier. Lee spent a year in town reporting, and many more years working on her own version of the case.

Now Casey Cep brings this story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the same time, she offers a deeply moving portrait of one of the countryâ€™s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.
Country USA
Brand Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer Random House Large Print
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 2019-05-07
UnitCount 1
Format Large Print
EANs 9781984892232

Country	USA
Brand	Random House Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer	Random House Large Print
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	2019-05-07
UnitCount	1
Format	Large Print
EANs	9781984892232

Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee (Random House Large Print)

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