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Title: American Tragedy by Lawrence Schiller, James Willwerth ISBN: 0-380-73059-6 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 01 July, 1997 Format: Mass Market Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.24 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A surprising page turner that's surprisingly unbiased!
Comment: The real reason why I bought this book on OJ was because I had a free coupon for the bookstore and there was really nothing else on OJ to buy. I actually wanted Bugliosi's "Outrage". Now I am glad that I did buy "American Tragedy". It was a real page turner for a non-fiction book!
Not being familiar with the authors I was interested to see where they stood on the matter. When it was revealed that Schiller had helped OJ write his book before the trial I groaned, "Alright, I guess we know who's side he is on." Though centered mostly on the defense's story, I was surprised to see that Schiller only lays out what happened and who the characters involved were. As a matter of fact, by the end of the book, we see the author lay out evidence that portray OJ's guilt more that his innocence.
Schiller really makes no assumption about whether or not OJ was guilty. Rather, he shows the obvious evidence that the defense had to overcome. He does not state whether the actions of the defense were right or wrong, or whether the evidence was true or not. Rather, it is as if Schiller takes the reader inside closed quarters as a fly on the wall to observe and come to his own conclusions.
This book reads like a fictional crime story and it was interesting, illuminating and entertaining. Just when you thought OJ's guilt or innocence was determined, a loop hole or damning revelation is thrown in.
On the whole, I felt that alot of the blood evidence was tampered with (whether deliberately or not I am unsure on). The defense did raise many doubts about Furhman's actions and words, and the bloody socks. I think that the hair, fibre, and shoe print evidence, along with OJ's lies at the civil trial point more to OJ as the individual responsible for Nicole and Ron's deaths.
As a matter of fact, it was the civil trial presented near the end of the book, more than the criminal trial which proved to me that despite my doubts concerning the blood evidence, OJ was guilty of murder.
Even though everyone knows the outcome, Schiller presents the book as if the outcome could go either way by the end of the book. A very good read!
Rating: 3
Summary: Book reenacts the "real" saga of Simpson defense trial
Comment: I'm not a counter of facts and inconsistencies, but this book caught my eye. Just when you thought that the OJ Period had been laid to rest, another book appears! I decided to read it and see what it was about.
There are several interesting points about the tyrannical Robert Shapiro, the ever cunning, out-to-get-a-dollar F. Lee Bailey, and the smooth vernacular of Johnnie Cochran. While the evidence declaring his innocence is supposed to be presented as concrete, the sly attacks thrown at the defense team for covering up key evidence and especially the "conversion" of the Simpson house prove to offer another side of the story.
As with many books and cases, there is a slight bias in my opinion to the Simpson guilt, but Schiller and Willwerth try dilligently to present a case of equal weight. An interesting read if you have spare time, and you don't mind re-living the 6 months of "OJ Mania".
Rating: 4
Summary: 1000 Page Chronological Accounting - Well Written
Comment: When I read some comments of the reviewers I have to wonder if some have ever read the book.
The book is a chronological telling of events starting around the time of the murders and going through the trial. It deals with and presents a lot of trivia that is fascinating to the trial buffs - that we did not see through the regular media coverage.
O.J. never says to Schiller, "okay I killed her now are you happy?" No he never says that but reading between the lines it is clear that O.J. acts like he has done it, his friends act like he has done it, the defense team acts like he has done it, and on and on the story goes. Clearly the defense team and O.J. and his friends thought he might be found guilty and there seems to be a degree of surprise that he gets off free and clear of the criminal charges.
I read the 1000 page book cover to cover and found it to be well written with lots and lots of insights, inside knowledge, lots of new trivia, and generally one of the better books on the O.J. trial. Frankly it is very good up to a certain point in time, that being the moment when he finished writing the book. Even with 1000 pages he misses many things. Is it fair and 100% accurate? Probably not. But it makes for a good read and it is one of the best books on the subject.
Jack in Toronto
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Title: Outrage : The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder by Vincent Bugliosi ISBN: 0440223822 Publisher: Island Books Pub. Date: 10 March, 1997 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: Murder in Brentwood by Mark Fuhrman, Mark Fuhrman ISBN: 0821758551 Publisher: Kensington Mass Market Pub. Date: December, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Evidence Dismissed: The Inside Story of the Police Investigation of O. J. Simpson by Tom Lange, Phillip Vannatter, Dan E. Moldea, Philip Vannatter, Philip Vanatter ISBN: 0671009591 Publisher: Pocket Star Pub. Date: February, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Without a Doubt by Marcia Clark, Teresa Carpenter ISBN: 0670870897 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: The Run of His Life : The People versus O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin, Jeffery Toobin ISBN: 0684842785 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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