by John Grisham · Pocket · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782266204859
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«L'accusé» is John Grisham's nonfiction account of a miscarriage of justice, published by Pocket in paperback (429 pages, in French).
In 1982, Debbie Carter is found murdered in Ada, Oklahoma. Social pressure leads the police to point to Ron Williamson, a former baseball player with problems of alcoholism and depression, despite scant evidence. Through false testimony, Williamson is convicted and spends twelve years on death row before his innocence is proven.
The English original, «The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town», was published in 2006; the French translation is by Patrick Berthon.
For readers of true crime, cases of miscarriages of justice, and followers of John Grisham interested in his nonfiction side.
John Ray Grisham Jr. is an American writer, lawyer, and former politician, known for his best-selling legal thrillers. According to the American Academy of Achievement, Grisham has written 37 consecutive number-one fiction bestsellers, and his books have sold 300 million copies worldwide. Along with Tom Clancy and J. K. Rowling, Grisham is one of only three Anglophone authors to have sold two million copies on the first printing.
