Limitations
A Thriller, Legal Thriller, Fiction book. It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality,...
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Presumed Innocent comes a compelling new legal mystery featuring George Mason from Personal Injuries. Originally commissioned and published by The New York Times Magazine, this edition contains additional material.Life would seem to have gone well for George Mason. His days as a criminal defense lawyer are long behind him. At fifty-nine, he has sat as a judge on the Court of Appeals in Kindle County for nearly a decade. Yet, when a disturbing rape...
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- Filetype: PDF
- Pages: 208 pages
- ISBN: 9780312426453 / 312426453
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As a defense lawyer, he refused to condemn his clients. Everyone else in the system--the cops, the prosecutors, the juries and judges--would take care of that; they didn't need his help. Scott Turow, Limitations // It was crime at its purest, in which empathy, that most fundamental aspect of human morality, evaporated and another being became only a target for untamed fantasy. Scott Turow, Limitations // What kills a person at twenty-five? Leukemia. An accident. But George knows the better odds are that someone who passes at that age dies of unhappiness. Drug overdose. Suicide. Reckless behavior. Scott Turow, Limitations //
In retrospect, reading this out of order may have affected my enjoyment of it, because I didn't know any of the characters. Also, despite the interesting notion of personal experiences influencing judicial decisions, I spent most of the book waiting for a climax that never seemed to come. I have always enjoyed Scott Turow. Legal "thrillers" almost always leave me unable to suspend disbelief, because, as a lawyer, I rankle at the obvious legal flaws introduced by authors either unintentionally (by those who wouldn't know better) or intentionally (by even such greats as John Grisham) in order to make the plot work. I cannot... Limitations offers an inside view of Kindle County's Court of Appeals while posing a moral and professional dilemma in its central character. Critics agree that best-selling novelist Scott Turow is at the top of his form here. Most commented on the novel's leanness, which surprised them since it did nothing to detract from the suspenseful...
