Word: turow
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Burden of Proof by Scott Turow. The blockbuster novel of the year is also one of the better, more intelligent reads. As he did in Presumed Innocent (1987), the author-lawyer hurls the human impulse to make trouble straight at the bloodless statutes designed to keep the peace. The impact is shattering, and the echoes remain long after the explosion is over...
Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf may not be comparable to a Stephen King novel or a Scott Turow mystery, but its vivid portrayal of Saddam Hussein and its rational analysis of the prospects for war in the Persian Gulf will put a winter chill on any holiday...
...Turow's adeptness at writing in such a direct style is perhaps essential to his characterization of Stern as calm and unemotional, as Stern speaks with curt and deliberate phrases himself. Turow is less successful, however, in his attempts at scripting other characters' dialogues. In his efforts to create distinct and eccentric characters, he occasionally makes different characters appear to have the same, hyper personality...
...very end of the book is a profound disappointment; Turow creates a most unlikely event that provides the most optimistic future outcome for all parties. The abrupt, trite ending seems to suggest that Turow got tired of writing and yearned for the comfort of his plush law office, and simply wanted to tack on a quick ending...
...Still, Turow does seem to approach his writing with an unusual degree of zest more often than not. While Burden of Proof does not shine quite as often as one would like, its bright spots more than compensate for its shortcomings...