The fact of a body : a murder and a memoir
Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria2017
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Before Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working on the retrial defence of death-row convicted murderer and child molester, Ricky Langley, she thinks her position is clear. The child of two lawyers, she is staunchly anti death penalty. But the moment Ricky's face flashes on the screen as she reviews old tapes, the moment she hears him speak of his crimes, she is overcome with the feeling of wanting him to die. Shocked by her reaction, she digs deeper and deeper into the case, realising that despite their vastly different circumstances, something in his story is unsettlingly, uncannily familiar.
Main title:
The fact of a body : a murder and a memoir / Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich.
Author:
Marzano-Lesnevich, Alexandria, author
Imprint:
London : Macmillan, 2017.
Collation:
352 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9781509805624 (hbk)9781509805655 (ePub ebook)
Dewey class:
364.1'523'092
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
119515