Personal Injuries

novel by Turow

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Personal Injuries is a 1999 novel by American author and lawyer Scott Turow. The book is a legal thriller that delves into themes of deception and corruption within the legal system. Turow is renowned for his crime and suspense novels that often explore law and the legal profession.12

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Scott Turow
Law background and writing career
…age in the 1960s, and Personal Injuries (1999), a story of deception and corruption. In Ordinary Heroes (2005) a crime reporter discovers papers that reveal the truth about his father’s court-martial during World War II. Innocent (2010; television film 2011) is a sequel to Presumed Innocent. Identical (2013) concerns a…
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…age in the 1960s, and Personal Injuries (1999), a story of deception and corruption. In Ordinary Heroes (2005) a crime reporter discovers papers that reveal the truth about his father’s court-martial during World War II. Innocent (2010; television film 2011) is a sequel to Presumed Innocent. Identical (2013) concerns a…
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