Book of the Day

The Lifer and the Lawyer

by

George Critchlow

A true crime story that is both literary and visceral; a story of darkness and redemption; and a story of friendship that evolved over five decades between two men -- a broken and dangerous young black man who grew up on the streets of Chicago and the young white, privileged lawyer apppointed to defend him on crimes in Eastern Washington for which he was sentenced to life in prison.