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The O.J. Simpson trial was the most closely-watched and controversial legal proceeding of our time, and New Yorker writer Jeffrey Toobin has written the definite history of what has become the trial of the century. Here is the whole story of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman and their aftermath a breathtakingly paced narrative, rich in character, driven by the nonstop plot of a legal thriller, and nuanced by the foibles, vanities, and idiosyncrasies of its participants.

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This is the book to read. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention. -- Boston Sunday Globe A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case. -- Entertainment Weekly A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it. -- USA Today Engrossing . . . Toobin's insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack. -- People (one of the top ten books of the year)

This is the book to read. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world s attention. Boston Sunday Globe A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case. Entertainment Weekly A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it. USA Today Engrossing . . . Toobin s insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack. People (one of the top ten books of the year)

This is the book to read. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention. --Boston Sunday Globe A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case. --Entertainment Weekly A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it. --USA Today Engrossing . . . Toobin's insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack. --People (one of the top ten books of the year) This is the book to read. Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world s attention. Boston Sunday Globe A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case. Entertainment Weekly A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it. USA Today Engrossing . . . Toobin s insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack. People (one of the top ten books of the year) This is the book to read. --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times This book stands out as a gripping and colorful account of the crime and trial that captured the world's attention. -- Boston Sunday Globe A real page-turner . . . strips away the months of circuslike televised proceedings and the sordid tell-all books and lays out a simple, but devastating, synopsis of the case. -- Entertainment Weekly A well-written, profoundly rational analysis of the trial and, more specifically, the lawyers who conducted it. -- USA Today Engrossing . . . Toobin's insight into the motives and mind-set of key players sets this Simpson book apart from the pack. -- People (one of the top ten books of the year)

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JEFFREY TOOBIN is a staff writer at The New Yorker, senior legal analyst at CNN, and the bestselling author of The Oath- The Obama White House and the Supreme Court, The Nine, Too Close to Call, A Vast Conspiracy, The Run of His Life and Opening Arguments. A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard Law School, he lives with his family in New York.

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