- Fiction, Anthropologists, Judicial error, Older women
When a local councillor and an anthropologist re-investigate the controversial murder conviction of a mentally retarded 20-year-old, they're unprepared for the disturbing facts that come to light--and the personal demons with which they must come to terms.
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Grave, contemporary, classical in form and earnest.
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Minette Walters
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 564
- Publisher
- Berkley Books, Macmillan, Thorndike Press
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780330420020
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