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And the Sea Will Tell by Vincent Bugliosi
Amazon.com And the Sea Will Tell spins a riveting story--a story that could have been the backbone for a classic novel by Herman Melville or Joseph Conrad. Two couples--one wealthy and married, the other an ex-con and his hippie girlfriend-- separately set sail for a remote South Pacific island, each hoping to play "Adam and Eve" in paradise. Instead of getting away from it all, they take it with them-- their pasts and prejudices, and the petty battles over status and material goods that arise from their different social classes. Only two people out of the original four live through the experience. One of them has the extraordinary good luck to be defended in court by master attorney Vincent Bugliosi (author of Helter Skelter). As the Los Angeles Times writes, "The book succeeds on all counts. The final pages are some of the most suspenseful in trial literature." Reader Reviews 1 of 2 people found the following review helpful: A lawyer justifies getting a guilty client off., March 27, 2003 Reviewer: A reader from New Jersey United States Although this is a pretty good summary of the crime, the courtroom portion of the book is tainted by the author's involvement. He glorifies his own rhetoric at great length. Also, it should not be surprising that a lawyer can slant the truth very subtly. This book is about the murder of two people who sailed to a deserted island and had the great misfortune to meet there the author's client and her boyfriend, who were hanging out in a dilapidated sailboat with little food or fuel. The murderers then proceeded to take the victims' sailboat and sail to Hawaii, where they repainted it. The murders came to light only because of the near-miraculous discovery, long after, of bones of a victim in the deserted island's lagoon. After reading this book to the end, it doesn't take much thought to reach the inescapable conclusion that the author's client, whom he got off, was obviously a full participant in the murders. The author, however, makes it seem that her acquittal was some sort of triumph of justice. He and Johnny Cochran must get along well.
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