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Confession: A Novel, Audio book by John Grisham
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The Confession: A Novel

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Scott Sowers

14 Hours 33 Minutes

Random House (Audio)

October 2010

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • An innocent man is about to be executed. Only a guilty man can save him.

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. Time passes and he realizes that the mistake will not be corrected: the authorities believe in their case and are determined to get a conviction. He may even watch the trial of the person wrongly accused of his crime. He is relieved when the verdict is guilty. He laughs when the police and prosecutors congratulate themselves. He is 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 1998, 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?

Don’t miss John Grisham’s new book, THE EXCHANGE: AFTER THE FIRM!

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  • Dennis B.

    Loved it

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  • April F

    i really enjoyed listening to this book, the narrator captivated me. i laughed and cried my way through another John Grisham book.

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  • Kerry M.

    This book deeply affected me and made me question the US legal system. Great book!

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  • Roxor

    I still enjoy Grisham books, although another difficult story due the crime and the reality of capital punishment; basically our legal system and (sub)human nature. The only reason this does not rate 5 stars is the quality of the CD's, several skips.

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  • Laurie

    I hung on every word, every syllable, this was one of the best books ever. John Grisham drives it home once again. I recommend this book as number 1 on my list.

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  • Tom

    I endured "The Appeal" and jumped right into "The Confession" thinking that I wouldn't be let down again. I was wrong. While I have thoroughly enjoyed his earlier books and therefore considered myself a fan it's apparent to me that Mr. Grisham considers himself successful enough that he has earned the right to advance his political views via his books. To add insult to injury he evidently also thinks his past success excuses his mind numbing rambling about the details of which the reader can second guess a chapter before.

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  • Regina

    Basically a lengthy apology in favor of abolishing the death penalty in murder mystery format. I felt duped into wasting my time wading through Grisham's rhetoric only to find that the ending packed absolutely no punch at all.

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  • Ken Mc

    John Grisham has lost his touch. Just no more suspense in his novels. Lost is his trilling suspense that I loved in his earlier works such as The Runaway Jury, The Last Juror, and The Partner (my favorite). And, no narrator can compare to the late Frank Muller; but, I really didn't care for Sewell. Just too bad that this work is disappointing.

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  • Elvira

    John Grisham has always been one of my favorite authors, this was a good story, but I would have to agree with others. It was repetative in some chapters, and very long. I think the abridged version would have been better for this one.

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  • The Colonel

    Way too long, should opt for the Abridged version. About one-third in I put in the final CD to find out what happened, don't feel like I missed a thing. Not Grisham's best by a long shot.

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