The Fear of 13: Countdown to Execution: My Fight for Survival on Death Row - Softcover

Yarris, Nick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780896522 ISBN 13: 9781780896526

Publisher: Century, 2016

Synopsis

This is the memoir of Nick Yarris, who was wrongly convicted of rape and murder and spent 22 years on Death Row. While he was in prison, to keep himself sane, Nick educated himself (including learning about triskaidekaphobia, the fear of 13 which gives the book its name). Later, as the technology developed, Nick pressed for post-conviction DNA testing, which eventually led to him being acquitted of all charges. Nick tells of his experiences with immediacy and passion, and narrates his tale to brilliant charismatic effect both here and in the film of the same name released in 2015. Widely critically acclaimed, the film will debut on Netflix in 2017 and this book adds a further dimension and more detail to Nick's compelling story.

About this title

About the Author

Nicholas Yarris was sentenced to death for a crime he didn’t commit and ended up serving twenty-two years on Death Row, this harrowing experience shaping the rest of his life inexorably. After finally being released Nicholas has now moved away from his homeland of Philadelphia, USA and now lives with his family in the UK.

From the Back Cover

'Somewhere in each of us is the blackest pit from which few ever return. I had found mine.'

Found guilty of the rape and murder of a woman he had never met, Nick Yarris was sentenced to death.

With appeal after appeal failing he spent twenty-two years waiting to die.

This is the true and amazing story of how he survived Death Row.

Edition details

• Publisher: Century
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780896522
• ISBN 13: 9781780896526
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304