American Tragedy
Just when you thought every drop of bathos, blather, and recrimination that could be squeezed out of theO. J. Simpsonmurder trial had been, along comes this book, which reveals the "Dream Team," Simpson's cabal of defense lawyers, as an even less charming bunch of egomaniacs and prevaricators than anyone imagined.Johnnie Cochranis a puffed-up silver-tongued bantam with suspicions that his celebrity client is, after all, guilty;Robert Shapirois a status-obsessed moron;F. Lee Baileyalmost derails the whole defense strategy more than once with his courtroom mishaps.  How did these guys win? Produced by Larry Schiller, who co-wrote Simpson's jailhouse bestsellerI Want to Tell Youand who has a history of plumbing the depths of famously sordid murder cases, this book carries its own lurid fascination.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.