The Confession A Novel
The Confession A Novel by John Grisham is a gripping legal thriller published by JG Publishing on March 20, 2012. This reprint edition spans 432 pages and is presented in English. The narrative centers around an innocent man on death row and the guilty man who holds the key to his salvation, exploring themes of justice and morality within the legal system.
Readers will find a tense and suspenseful story that delves into the complexities of wrongful convictions. The plot follows Travis Boyette, who, after years of evading responsibility for his heinous crime, decides to confess just days before an innocent man’s execution. The book examines the challenges faced by a guilty individual attempting to rectify a grave injustice, highlighting the intricacies of legal proceedings and the human capacity for both wrongdoing and redemption.
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In this “grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story” (The Washington Post) from “the master of the legal thriller” (USA Today), an innocent man is about to be executed—and only a guilty man can save him.
WINNER OF THE HARPER LEE PRIZE FOR LEGAL FICTION
For every innocent man sent to prison, there is a guilty one left on the outside. He doesn’t understand how the police and prosecutors got the wrong man, and he certainly doesn’t care. He just can’t believe his good luck, content to allow an innocent person to go to prison, to serve hard time, even to be executed.
Travis Boyette is such a man. In the small East Texas city of Sloan, he abducted, raped, and strangled a popular high school cheerleader. He buried her body so that it would never be found, then watched in amazement as police and prosecutors arrested and convicted Donté Drumm, a local football star, and marched him off to death row.
Now nine years have passed. Travis has just been paroled in Kansas for a different crime; Donté is four days away from his execution. Travis suffers from an inoperable brain tumor. For the first time in his miserable life, he decides to do what’s right and confess. But how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they’re about to execute an innocent man?
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