- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Gibson Square; First edition (18 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906142084
- ISBN-13: 978-1906142087
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 14 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 262,385 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Every now and then a book seizes the attention of the world. IF I DID IT is one of them. In 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were brutally murdered at her home in Brentwood, California. Her former husband OJ Simpson was tried for the murder after fleeing on live TV in a Ford Bronco with a gun and thousands of dollars (and having a previous charge for domestic violence). In a dramatic criminal court case that was broadcast globally, Simpson was found not guilty to the surprise of even his friends. He later declared himself bankrupt to avoid payments in a civil judgement for wrongful death. In November 2006, the former sports and film star announced a six figure book and publicity tour in which he would reveal how he would have committed the murders hypothetically. In response to widespread outrage that OJ Simpson stood to profit from these crimes, booksellers and broadcasters refused to feature the book. It was withdrawn with a public apology and all 400,000 copies were pulped. In August 2007, a Florida bankruptcy court awarded the copyright of IF I DID IT to the estate of Ron Goldman to satisfy the unpaid civil judgement, which had risen to over $38 million. As the Goldman family saw the book as the confession of the killer they had waited for, they decided to publish the originally approved text by OJ Simpson. They added their commentary to the killer s confession and a selection of British domestic violence help charities.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
One of the things that Daniel Petrocelli, the prosecutor in the civil case against OJ realised was that the more OJ speaks the more he condemns himself. OJ's narrative account of his marriage to Nicole is fascinating, because it gives - against his intentions, presumably - a clear insight into his personality. Nicole, according to OJ, was an 'accident waiting to happen'.
The murder confession chapter is also enlightening to anyone still interested in this case. (Guilty, your honour!) OJ invents a kind of blackout at the point of killing Ron and Nicole, but even allowing for that, if one disregards the unsubtle lies and self-justifications of the account, bits of likely truth are clearly there in OJs description and attitude. 'Charlie' helped him kill them. That I don't doubt. Lethal stuff, especially if taken by a violent psychotic.
Worth buying, particularly as the money doesn't go to the murderer.
The murder confession chapter is also enlightening to anyone still interested in this case. (Guilty, your honour!) OJ invents a kind of blackout at the point of killing Ron and Nicole, but even allowing for that, if one disregards the unsubtle lies and self-justifications of the account, bits of likely truth are clearly there in OJs description and attitude. 'Charlie' helped him kill them. That I don't doubt. Lethal stuff, especially if taken by a violent psychotic.
Worth buying, particularly as the money doesn't go to the murderer.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
How he got away with it is hard to believe until you read all the books on OJ, the confession by his Manager, the Vincent Bugliosi law view etc...
It's amazing what money can buy you. I think the Goldman's made the right decision to publish this book, it is a confession from OJ and tells you pretty much everything. Shame you have to listen to his rambling complaints about Nicole, bit cheeky seeing as he stabbed her to death but then he has no scruples so to be expected.
It's amazing what money can buy you. I think the Goldman's made the right decision to publish this book, it is a confession from OJ and tells you pretty much everything. Shame you have to listen to his rambling complaints about Nicole, bit cheeky seeing as he stabbed her to death but then he has no scruples so to be expected.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an incredibly intense read. Even for those of you out there who may not remember all the details of the gruesome, ghastly murders that took place more than a decade ago, this book will send chills up and down your spine. The 'what if' confession is no fiction if you ask me; only a true psychotic megalomaniac can come up with such a justification for murdering his wife, the mother of his children, as well as an innocent bystander. The fact that this book is now being used against OJ Simpson, the moving introduction by the Goldman family, the revealing and chilling descriptions by the ghost writer about his time working with OJ Simpson to put this book together, all these elements will definitely make it worth your while. Highly recommended, but not for the faint of heart!
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