![]() ![]() The chief deputy prosecuting attorney is Rusty Sabich, the book's protagonist and narrator. ![]() As the book opens, an election is underway for prosecuting attorney in the fictional Kindle County. When a novel that fits into a genre also presents highly developed and believable characters, it is liable to be praised as a breakthrough book as was this one. Instead, genre novels tend to concentrate on the development and rapid-paced movement of the plot and on creating a vivid atmosphere. ![]() Novels that are written in recognizable genres such as adventure, romance, mystery, or fantasy often do not place great emphasis on character development, which is the hallmark of so-called literary fiction. Several of Turow's later works were filmed, as was this book, and he has become one of America's most commercially successful authors. Published in 1987, it was the first novel by Turow, a graduate of Harvard Law School, and it does venture well outside the action-driven plotting of much genre fiction. Presumed Innocent by Scott Turow, is often proclaimed as a breakthrough novel in the genre of courtroom dramas or mysteries. ![]()
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