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4 unusual facts about Scott Turow


Reversible Errors

Reversible Errors, published in 2002 (paperback edition by Picador, 2003) is Scott Turow's sixth novel, and like the others, set in fictional Kindle County.

Roger Williams Straus, Jr.

The FSG brand became so renown that author Scott Turow turned down a $350,000 advance for his first novel, "Presumed Innocent," from a rival publisher so that he could work with Straus, who offered him $200,000.

The Burden of Proof

The Burden of Proof, published in 1990, is Scott Turow's second novel, somewhat of a sequel to Presumed Innocent.

The Laws of Our Fathers

The Laws of Our Fathers, published in 1996, is Scott Turow's fourth and longest novel, at 832 pages.


Grand juries in the United States

Scott Turow's second novel The Burden of Proof deals extensively with the workings and shortcomings of the Federal Grand Jury system in a fictional midwestern state.


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