Word: proof
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...rich and famous ones, are not supposed to be self-effacing and cooperative, nor to heap praise and gratitude on their editors and publishers. Turow regularly does: "Jonathan Galassi ((editor in chief at Farrar, Straus & Giroux)) made recommendations that substantially improved both Presumed Innocent and The Burden of Proof. After the way I've been treated by my publisher, I'd be a schmuck to think about going somewhere else." That is a distinct departure in an age when publishing-world loyalties have been swept away by bidding wars and the lure of big advances...
...BURDEN OF PROOF by Scott Turow...
...Burden of Proof has no such fatal attraction. It does, however, bring back Stern, and it shares the earlier novel's preoccupation with two of civilization's fundamental institutions: the law and the family. It is no coincidence that the heroes of both books are attorneys who discover that justice is not blind when it gets too close to home...
...entertainment that blends the sublime with the slightly ridiculous, The Burden of Proof need not undergo strenuous cross-examination. It is a good story well told. Its characters are substantial, and its underlying theme of family has been central to the popular novel from War and Peace to The * Godfather. So here is a forecast you can't refuse: this summer, readers from Montauk to Maui will be turning the pages of Turow's book fast enough to air- condition the country...
COVER: Scott Turow's new novel, The Burden of Proof, shows again why he is the Bard of the Litigious...