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The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller Presumed Innocent , INNOCENT continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife.
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Rusty Sabich, chief judge of the appellate court was acquitted of murder 20 years earlier. Rusty's wife has died, and the Prosecuting Attorney, Tommy Molto, who lost the case 20 years earlier, is now going to try Rusty for the murder of Rusty's wife.
Characters/People edit
- Rusty Sabich: judge
- Barbara Sabich: Rusty's wife
- Nat Sabich: Rusty and Barbara's son
- Anna: Rusty's law clerk
- Sandy Stern: Rusty's lawyer
- Tommy Molto: Prosecuting Attorney
- Jim Bland: Asst PA
- Marta Stern: Sandy's daughter and co-defense lawyer
- John Harnason: man on trial for murder of his lover
- Judge Yee: Judge presiding over Rusty Sabich's trial
- Rory: Assistent to Tommy Molto
- Dr. Gorvetich: Computer expert for Tommy Molto
- Jimmy Brand: Second chair to Tommy Molto
- Dana: Lawyer specialized in divorce
- Marco: Add a description of this character.
- Dominga: Tommy Molot's wife
- Koll
- Tomaso
- George Mason
- Mr. Mann
- Mel
- Tooley
- Judge Mason
- Jim Brand
- Franz
- Dr. Strack
- Ray Horgan
- Dickerman
- Mrs. Belanquez
- Orestes
- Cantu
- Dede
- Carolyn
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“Mel still insists on wearing bold pin-striped suits as snug as sausage casings-enough to instill vertigo-and the same lousy rug. which looks as though he skinned a poodle.”
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“But the point is I've lost. That too is part of the job, accepting the laws ambiguities.”
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Hope is an amazing thing. Hope is maybe the most essential thing in life. You go on with hope. And without it, you are flattened.
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‘ “The precise character of despair is that it does not realize it is despair,” ’ said Dana. ‘Who is that?’ ‘Kierkegaard.’
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The joke was thinking you were ever really in charge of your life. You pressed your oar down into the water to direct the canoe, but it was the current that shot you through the rapids. You just hung on and hoped not to hit a rock or a whirlpool.
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When a parent dies—everybody says this, so I know it isn’t so totally original—but when you lose your mother or father, life is fundamentally different. One of the poles, north or south, has been wiped off the globe and will never rematerialize.
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CHAPTER 4: Tommy Molto, October 3, 2008 CHAPTER 5: Rusty, March 19, 2007
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Because you love your children, and make their contentment the principal object of your existence, it’s something of a downer to see them turn out not much happier than you.
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“Because people usually have a hard time keeping deals where all the benefits are on the front end. They end up feeling sharp resentments later on.”
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CHAPTER 11: Rusty, September 2, 2008 CHAPTER 12: Tommy, October 27, 2008
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Anna laughs. “One of the few worthwhile things my mother-in-law ever said to me was, ‘Never be surprised when people don’t change.’”
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sui generis. He is the only lawyer who appears in the court of appeals from whose cases I inalterably recuse myself. Even my former clerks come before me five years after they’ve left. But Stern and I are
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Setting & Locations edit
- Kindle County, Illinois: Where former lawyer Rusty Sabich is a chief appellate judge.
- Skageon
- N.j.
- Center City
- Nearing Bridge
- America
First Sentence edit
Prologue Nat, September 30, 2008 A man is sitting on a bed. He is my father. The body of a woman is beneath the covers. She was my mother. This is not really where the story starts. Or how it ends. But it is the moment my mind returns to, the way I always see them.
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Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 2 in Rusty Sabich. (standard series)
Preceded by Presumed Innocent.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Scott Turow (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: May-2010
ISBN: 978-0446562423
Page Count: 416
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Country: USA
Publication Date: May-2010
ISBN: 978-0446562423
Page Count: 416
Awards edit
- Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year (2010: Fiction)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
Notes for Parents edit
Reading Level: Add the suggested reading level for this book.This book referrs to sex in a very jaded way. The sex for one married couple is not happy. The sex between unmarried couples is presented as shameful. Most sexual references are mostly from characters that do not indicate a sexual moral compass.
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