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 “Compelling . . . 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.” —Southern Living 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, Maxwell’s murderer was acquitted—thanks to the same attorney who had previously defended the Reverend. Sitting in the audience during the vigilante’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 country’s most beloved writers and her struggle with fame, success, and the mystery of artistic creativity.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
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Author: Cep, Casey
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781101947869
Details:
Author: Cep, Casey
Brand: Knopf
Color: Black
Edition: First Edition
Features:
- Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee Hardcover
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Deckle Edge
Number Of Pages: 336
Release Date: 07-05-2019
Part Number: 9781101947869
Package Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.8 x 1.4 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9781101947869
