Scott Turow - (Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers) by Andrew MacDonald & Gina MacDonald (Hardcover)

About the Book

Scott Turow is a novelist, lawyer, and humanist who has fused his two passions, writing and the law, to create challenging novels that raise significant legal issues and test the justice of present laws. In all of his books, Turow reveals the moral ambiguities that afflict both accuser and accused, and challenges his readers to reconsider their preconceived notions of justice. Beginning with One-L, his first published work about the first-year law school experience, Turow continues to capture his readers' imaginations with books such as Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof.

Book Synopsis

Scott Turow is a novelist, lawyer, and humanist who has fused his two passions, writing and the law, to create challenging novels that raise significant legal issues and test the justice of present laws. In all of his books, Turow reveals the moral ambiguities that afflict both accuser and accused, and challenges his readers to reconsider their preconceived notions of justice. Beginning with One-L, his first published work about the first-year law school experience, Turow continues to capture his readers' imaginations with books such as Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof.

Review Quotes

"One of a series of companions to popular literature, this volume focuses on six of Turow's best-selling novels. The introductory chapters provide a brief biography of the literary lawyer, as he is called here, and describe his literary influences. The discussions of the novels cover their structure, themes, character development and use of genre conventions. The text is written for the general reader." --Reference & Research Book News

About the Author

Andrew F. Macdonald holds a Ph.D. in English (Renaissance Studies) from The University of Texas in Austin and is a Professor at Loyola University New Orleans. Author of Howard Fast, he is also co-author of Mastering Writing Essentials, Shapeshifting: The Native American in Recent Fiction, Shaman or Sherlock? The Native American Detective, Jane Austen on Screen (CUP), and Scott Turow (forthcoming from Greenwood Press). He has published numerous articles for books, journals, and encyclopedias on a wide range of topics including popular fiction, cross cultural concerns, English as a Second Language, and cultural literacy.

Gina Macdonald holds a Ph.D. in English (Renaissance Studies) from The University of Texas in Austin and is an Associate Professor at Nicholls State University. Author of James Clavell and Robert Ludlum, editor of British Mystery and Thriller Writers Since1940, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 246, she is also co-author of Mastering Writing Essentials, Shapeshifting: The Native American in Recent Fiction, Shaman or Sherlock? The Native American Detective, Jane Austen on Screen (CUP), and Scott Turow (forthcoming from Greenwood Press. She has published numerous articles and encyclopedia entries about popular fiction, Shakespeare, English as a Second Language, and Spanish, Polish, and Russian authors for Bruccoli Press, Salem Press, and St. James Press, among others.