From Library Journal
Actor Paul Rudd deftly narrates this fascinating story of author Turow's experience as a first-year Harvard Law School student. Moreover, Rudd's voice sounds remarkably like Turow's, who provides an introduction. Personal narratives written by successful, famous persons should have to pass a humility test in which all references to entrance exam scores, grade point averages, and collegial or professional honors are stricken from the text, and editors' jobs should depend on how well they apply that test. The editor of this production would receive a solid A-. Even though we know he goes on to fabulous success as both a lawyer and a writer, Turow's initial ego is beautifully subdued by the end of his year as a "One L."?Mark Pumphrey, Polk Cty. P.L., Columbus, NCCopyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From AudioFile
Remember The Paper Chase? Here's another exposŽ of Harvard Law School, this time by a lawyer who pens bestsellers (Presumed Innocent) in his spare time. It's fascinating listening for fans of the law or of Turow himself. But it misses an A+ because Paul Rudd (you saw him in the film Clueless) reads in a low-pitched, gravelly monotone. He seems to be deliberately reining himself in--maybe he's leery of overplaying the intense, often emotional text. Occasionally, he lets himself go, and you hear the outstanding reader that he will be someday. S.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine


From Book News, Inc.
Reprint. Originally published by Putnam, 1977. Includes a new long Afterword by Turow. No bibliography. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Review
"The most accurate, complete, and balanced description yet of a century-old rite of passage in America."--Bruce Bortz, Baltimore Sun

"A sensitive, dramatically paced account of the author's fist year at Harvard Law School...I read the book as if it were the most absorbing of thrillers, losing track of the time I spent with it, and resenting the hours I had to be away from it...It should be read by anyone who has ever contemplated going to law school. or anyone who has ever worried about being human."--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

ANNOTATION

Becoming a first-year law student--a "One L"--at the oldest, most esteemed law school in the U. S. threw Scott Turow into a physical, emotional, and intellectual combat zone. An ultimate test by fire of his honesty and principles, in a time of hazings, betrayals, challenges and triumphs--a law school primer.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Becoming a first-year law student--a "One L"--at the oldest, most esteemed law school in the U. S. threw Scott Turow into a physical, emotional, and intellectual combat zone. An ultimate test by fire of his honesty and principles, in a time of hazings, betrayals, challenges and triumphs--a law school primer.

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