Alex Cross's Trial by James Patterson, Richard DiLallo
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- Pub. Date: August 2009
- 400pp
- Sales Rank: 160
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Product Details
- Pub. Date: August 2009
- Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
- Format: Hardcover, 400pp
- Sales Rank: 160
- Series: Alex Cross Series, #15
- ISBN-13: 9780316070621
- ISBN: 0316070629
Synopsis
The year is 1906, and America is segregated. Hatred and discrimination plague the streets, the classroom, and the courts. But in Washington D.C., Ben Corbett, a smart and courageous lawyer, makes it his mission to confront injustice at every turn. He represents those who nobody else dares defend, merely because of the color of their skin. When President Roosevelt, under whom Ben served in the Spanish-American war, asks Ben to investigate rumors of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in his home town in Mississippi, he cannot refuse.
The details of Ben's harrowing story--and his experiences with a remarkable man named Abraham Cross--were passed from generation to generation, until they were finally recounted to Alex Cross by his grandmother, Nana Mama. From the first time hear heard the story, Alex was unable to forget the unimaginable events Ben witnessed in Eudora and pledged to tell it to the world. Alex Cross's Trial is unlike any story Patterson has ever told...
Publishers Weekly
Fans of Patterson's serial-killer hunting detective, Alex Cross, expecting another cat-and-mouse thriller based on this book's title, will find Cross's appearance limited to a two-page preface in which the fictional character explains why he's written a book called Trial. Abraham Cross, a relative who lived in Eudora, Miss., at the beginning of the 20th century, helps liberal lawyer Ben Corbett to expose the truth about a wave of lynchings near that town, an assignment undertaken at the request of Corbett's friend, President Theodore Roosevelt. When Corbett arrives in Eudora, where he was born and raised, he receives a frosty reception from many unhappy with his record of representing African-Americans accused of murder, including a cold shoulder from his father, a judge. Soon, Corbett finds evidence that racism is alive and well, and that brutal murders of blacks, often for the most trivial of reasons, are endemic. Some may be disappointed that Abraham plays a relatively minor role, given the jacket line that "the Cross family had more than one hero."
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Biography
Not making any bones about his bid for success, James Patterson once declared he wanted to be known as “the king of the page-turners.” While that may seem like a pretty grand ambition, Patterson is as worthy of that title as any author working today.
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Excellent Read!by RustyMI
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November 20, 2009: I enjoyed this book. If you are looking for the thrilling Alex Cross characters this might not be for you. This book is more about the subject matter and gives you a trip back in time. Well written!
NOTHING LIKE ANY ALEX CROSS STORY BEFORE. THAT'S BECAUSE THIS STORY IS TOLD BY ALEX CROSS. IT WILL Hby maflaw
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November 11, 2009: Don't expect your typical Alex Cross crime novel. Nothing like that at all. Instead, Alex tells the story of his ancestors, their trials and tribulations. The characters are developed so much better and are so much more real that the usual Alex Cross novel, that you actually believe you know them, ... that they were real people.
So sad to think it was really like that back then, you actually become ashamed of how some Americans behaved. But you also swell with pride at the heroism of the characters. Totally refreshing, enjoyable and a must read.
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