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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Contributor(s): Cep, Casey (Author)

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ISBN: 1101947861     ISBN-13: 9781101947869
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2019
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
- True Crime | Murder - Serial Killers
- History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv)
Dewey: 364.152
LCCN: 2018043337
Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.55 lbs) 336 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - South
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Price on Product
Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2019
Publishers Weekly 04/22/2019
Booklist 05/15/2019 pg. 3
Shelf Awareness 05/21/2019
Library Journal 06/01/2019 pg. 134
Choice 10/01/2019
 
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Publisher Description:
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.

 
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