Quarter bound in publisher's black cloth over red boards, gilt lettering on spine, facsimilie of author's signature on cover. . The volume is in perfect, pristine condition, unmarked, tight, square and clean. FINE/NEAR FINE. 8vo 8" - 9" tall. (vii), 515 pp.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Burden of Proof

Publisher

Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York

Publication Date

1990

Language

English

ISBN 10

0374117349

ISBN 13

9780374117344

Binding

Hard Cover

Edition

First Edition Thus. Third Printing.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Late one spring afternoon, Alejandro Stern, the brilliant defense lawyer from Presumed Innocent, comes home from a business trip to find that Clara, his wife of thirty years, has committed suicide. In this book, Turow probes the character of this fascinating and complex man as Stern tries to uncover the truth about his wife's life.

About the Authors

All of Scott Turow's novels have been major international bestsellers. A former assistant U.S. attorney in Chicago, where he is a partner in the law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, he is currently teaching fiction writing at Northwestern University.

Scott Turow is the author of worldwide bestselling novels including Presumed Innocent, Innocent, Ordinary Heroes, 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).

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