The Confession

A Novel

De: John Grisham

Narrado por: Scott Sowers

#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?

Reseñas de la Crítica

“Brilliant . . . The Confession is the kind of grab-a-reader-by-the-shoulders suspense story that demands to be inhaled as quickly as possible. But it’s also a superb work of social criticism in the literary troublemaker tradition of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle.”—The Washington Post

“[John Grisham] is a master at pacing. . . . The book starts fast and finishes faster.”—Los Angeles Times

“Packed with tension, legal roadblocks and shocking revelations . . . Readers who share his views as well as those sitting on the fence will find much to love and lament in the tragic story of Donté Drumm.”—USA Today

“Grisham is an adept ringmaster. . . . He channels his zeal and his legal expertise into a story that his fans will appreciate.”—St. Louis Post-Dispatch

One of his best

This is one of Grisham’ best stories. A complete rollercoaster, but we’ll worth the ride.

John Grisham Does It Again

It amazing how long John Grisham has been writing and still be masterful, relevant, and exciting. John has two general types of attorney books. There are the ones were the attorneys are or become cynical of thier profession and in smaller number the ones where there are the ones that love the law and try to use it for good. He has also started wrting a few that are not just thriller but also say a lot about a current important issue. This is one of the good attorney stories and capital punishment.

No matter what your view on the issue John tuggs at your heart strings, teaches you a lot, and makes you care for the characters while still giving you a exciting read that is heard not to listen to all at once. Most writers powers ebb after they have been writing as long as John but he just keeps getting better. Terrific. The reader is awesome also.

Very Compelling Story

Lots of details and long narrative of this journey to save a mans life. A good explanation of the legal system and the shortcomings of it's misuse. Really drew me into the struggle legally and morally of a man caught up in a situation that demanded his entire being.

Overly detailed

I liked the story but it could have concluded a lot sooner. Too many characters to keep track of.

Insightful

Insightful information for the times that we are living in at the present. Thank you.