Thinking of ordering "Four Trials" by John Edwards. Who's read it here?

[Lex]

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It's supposed to be a really good book--not just political blah-blah-blah stuff. Anyone here at DU read it and care to give a thumbs-up or thumbs-down?

Amazon has some info on it: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743244974/qid=1089663576/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-9435343-5879941?v=glance&s=books&n=507846

The reviews by regular people on that page are pretty good.

One guy says, "If you are looking for a candidate's standard election year political manifesto you won't find it here. What you will find is a can't put down page-turner. Sen. Edwards makes no political pronouncements or promises in this book. He has simply written deeply moving accounts of four notable cases he litigated before he became a national political figure. This book rivals anything John Grisham has to offer and what makes these stories so compelling is that they are about real events and real people."

[DjTj]

1. Big Thumbs Up

:thumbsup:

...but I have always been a big Edwards fan, so I'm admittedly biased, having originally bought my book through the Edwards campaign and then chasing down John and Elizabeth until they both signed my copy...

The stories are very moving and the writing is fluid - it's a hard book to put down once you get going, and although the four trials are each their own story, it really builds to the end.

I wonder if it's gotten a good bounce on Amazon in the past week. Bookstores should be pushing the book - I'd bet they could get some quick sales.