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Reversible Errors (Paperback)

by Scott Turow (Author)
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  • Paperback: 576 pages
  • Publisher: Pan Books; New edition edition (20 Jun 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330411535
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330411530
  • Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 10.8 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 279,365 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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...Turow at his best... complex and elegant. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Sunday Times, 17 November 2002
Turow is a wonderful stylist... a gripping, moving novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Turow's twisted tale of a last minute death row appeal, 15 Jan 2004
By Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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I thought it was strange that at the end of "Reversible Error" I found myself enjoying the romance in Scott Turow's latest novel, although I suspect that has something to do with the desire for there to be a happy ending of some sort for the hero in such a tale. The story begins with the commonplace of the last minute appeal of a death row inmate. Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph was convicted of a trio of brutal murders in 1991 and his final appeal has been tossed in the lap of Arthur Raven, a competent but uninspiring lawyer drafted by the federal appellate court, and his quixotic associate, Pamela Towns. Raven is fully prepared to go through the motions, based on his commitment to the process more than his belief in the client, until he receives a letter from another inmate promising vital information having to do with the innocence of Squirrel.

Actually this story reminds me of a really good debate (as in high school/college forensics), where two sides hammer away at each other and every time somebody finishes speaking you are convinced that their side should win the day. The way in which Turow builds the evidence is quite compelling, especially as it brings us closer and closer to the truth. Early on it becomes clear that there is something going on here that neither side understands, and while the ultimate revelation is certainly not on a par with what Turow unveiled at the end of "Presumed Innocent," the way the author was able to place so many layers around that truth is pretty good.

Readers will find many of Turow's Kindle County cast of characters popping up throughout the novel, but they are all minor figures in the tale. Arthur Raven is finally having his moment in the sun and he offers the sort of stolid character whose nobility is only recognized under such rare circumstances. This is a good man trying to do the right thing, and might finally be recognized by his peers for the qualities he has always exhibited. On the other side of the fight is prosecutor Muriel Wynn and detective Larry Starczek; she has ambitions for political office and he wants to rekindle their relationship from way back when. Again, there is the opportunity for the characters to revert to traditional stereotypes, but both exhibit openmindedness even as they reentrench their position. Also involved is Gillian Sullivan, the judge who convicted and sentenced Rommy at the end of the original trial, after which she was ended up in prison after a bribery conviction. She becomes perhaps the most interesting character of all in this little legal quagmire.

As with all of Turow's novels there is an attention to legal detail that I admire and a way of constructing the maze of facts and evidence that I appreciate. In "Reversible Error" I especially liked the way the character of Arthur Raven is caught up with the case and the events as the readers. It is not, therefore, all that strange that at the end we want Rommy saved from death row not because of a sense of justice but rather because we want Arthur to come out ahead at the end of the nightmare.

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Very Average, 5 Jan 2004
I last read a Turow book some years ago and returned to him as an author with this effort.

What has happened in the last few years ?

I found this book like treading through treacle. It was slow and worse still boring. No twists ,turns excitement at all, instead it seemed to concentrate on rather elongated love stories.

Sad to say I will not be looking out for the next effort from this author

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Of Love, Duty and Compulsion, 21 Jun 2004
By Professor Donald Mitchell "Jesus Makes Me a P... (Boston) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Reversible Errors (Paperback)
Reversible Errors has a grand sweep, much like the great Russian novels of the 19th Century such as Crime and Punishment. The book is filled with passion, conflicts, and hopes . . . while grimness grows as the days until a scheduled execution dwindle.

I found Reversible Errors to be the most eloquent anti-death penalty book I have read. It's even more moving than the evidence that many people on Death Row were innocent when DNA tests were first applied to the evidence. Our justice system is supposed to set free 20 guilty people rather than convict one innocent one. In death penalty cases, we probably aren't doing so well. Innocent people have been executed in many cases. Once that happens, there's little good we can do about it. As we judge, so shall we be judged.

The criminal justice system isn't as neat and objective as television, movies and novels usually make it out to be. But naturally, most people who write about the system do so as nonparticipants. Mr. Turow writes from the vantage point of being both a top-flight lawyer, but also someone who works on death penalty appeals. It's clear that he writes from first-hand experience as to the poor defense work in many of these cases.

In Reversible Errors, Arthur Raven, an earnest corporate attorney, is appointed by the court to handle a death penalty appeal. Like most, he views this assignment as undesirable and likely to end in frustration. His client has been convicted based on his own confession to a gruesome triple murder. Arthur's a man who hasn't found love, and assumes that he never will. His commitment to the law does show his love of fulfilling his sense of duty.

The brilliantly plotted story shows how "neat" pictures of "who did what to whom" usually aren't so neat in reality.

If you don't like your stories realistic and graphic, you may not enjoy this book.

After you finish this book, think about times when you've judged a situation incorrectly . . . and lived to regret what you've said and done. How could you have handled the situations better? How can you reverse the error now?

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4.0 out of 5 stars A Court room mystery with two love stories
Reversible Errors is Scott Turow's seventh novel. As with Turow's other novels, this is set in the fictional Kindle County.

Arthur Raven, is the protagonist. Read more
Published 21 months ago by M. A. Ramos

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Average
This was a major disappointment and I share the views of a couple of other reviewers. The book was very long-winded and without the twists and turns which could reasonably have... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2005 by johnverp

5.0 out of 5 stars Of Love, Duty and Compulsion
Reversible Errors has a grand sweep, much like the great Russian novels of the 19th Century such as Crime and Punishment. Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2004 by Professor Donald Mitchell

3.0 out of 5 stars Not wholly gripping but worth the time to read!
Turow has got back to his previous high standards (although not the peak of Presumed Innocent) – does not stink of being massed produced churn another out vis-a-vis Grisham... Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2004 by rcbarnard2

5.0 out of 5 stars Of Love, Duty and Compulsion
Reversible Errors has a grand sweep, much like the great Russian novels of the 19th Century such as Crime and Punishment. Read more
Published on 3 May 2004 by Professor Donald Mitchell

3.0 out of 5 stars Only so-so
I found Turow's first novel, Presumed Innocent, one of the most gripping crime novels of the last twenty years. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Is it a book or a film script?
While I did not dislike the book, with so many legal thrillers turned into movies I had the impression that the book was just that, a film script. Read more
Published on 25 Aug 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Another good read
You can always trust Scott Turow for a good read, and "Reversible Errors" is no exception.

Any story about a man facing the death penalty gets the adrenalin going but this book... Read more

Published on 3 May 2003 by Mrs D Greig

5.0 out of 5 stars Oh what an errored web we weave
Rommy "Squirrel" Gandolph says he's innocent. All clients on death row say they're innocent, but as the pro bono lawyer chosen by the court, Arthur Raven must take on this dim but... Read more
Published on 11 Mar 2003 by Anna Klein

5.0 out of 5 stars STELLAR READINGS OF AN INTRIGUING TALE
Scott Turow has garnered a legion of fans with his legal/thriller novels, and he'll gain countless more with "Reversible Errors," an exciting and illuminating tale focusing on... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2002 by Gail Cooke

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