In what promises to be the most controversial book of the year, this "what if" novel supposes that O.J. Simpson accepts Fred Goldman's offer to drop the civil suit award in exchange for a full confession. Already the subject of several New York radio shows, including Howard Stern's, "The Confession of O.J". provides a bold final chapter to the most sensational trial of our time. LG, Doubleday, & Mystery Guild Selections.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Did this author actually watch any of the trial?,
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This review is from: The Confession of O. J. Simpson (Hardcover)
All I can say is: "the leaves were hinting at their autumnal intent." Yes, this line is actually in this book.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Finally a believable version of the whole Story,
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This review is from: The Confession of O. J. Simpson (Hardcover)
When a lawyer uses OJ's own private notes, and audio and video tapes to write a book about the ex-superstar's confession to the most famous double homicide in U.S. history, and subtitles it, "A work of fiction," the reader then can be sure that about 99% of it is true, and that for rather obvious legal reasons, the remaining 1% indeed had to be turned into fiction. That is what any reasonable person might conclude after reading this fictionalized account of "how O.J. `may' have done it." The last few pages, in which Goldman shoots OJ, represent the 1% fiction. But the rest of the book, the 99%, has the clear ring of truth.
According to this author's scenario, OJ's confession is motivated by the Goldman family's promise to wave $25 million of the $38 million judgment awarded to them if OJ would simply consent to a signed confession. Simpson's confessional strategy was to be a ruse in which he would confess, then immediately after the deal was settled, recant. He would thereby only be running the risk of perjury in exchange for a wavier that could secure his children's future. The key events in this version of the story is the fact that in the weeks leading up to the murders, O.J. had Nicole's romantic life under tight surveillance by a highly paid friend and a very effective private investigator named "Mickey Brown." Among his other duties, Brown had Nicole's phones tapped, tailed her 24/7 and was the one who picked up the travel bag of bloody clothes O.J. had dumped in the trash bin near the American Airlines check-in entrance on the night of the murders. OJ claims he did the killing with an ordinary Swiss pocketknife, which he washed off and actually took onto the airplane with him. The smoking gun however had to do with the fact that O.J's best friend, Marcus Allen, who only a year earlier had gotten married in OJ's house, was reported by OJ's PI as having an affair with Nicole. On the eve of the murders, OJ and Nicole had had a big fight about her affair with Allen. This affair was the same one that Faye Resnick had warned Nicole not to enter because it could end her life. She details this warning in her book "A Life Interrupted." The affair is the same one that Allen also curiously and studiously remained mute on in his own book, "Marcus." According to this author's version, Simpson was not only well aware of the affair but just prior to the slow-motion Bronco chase, had actually confronted Allen with the clear intent of shooting him. However, Allen apparently begged for his life and O.J. relented, allowing Allen to re-board a plane that returned him to Cabo San Lucas where he had been vacationing with his wife. Allen stayed out of sight for the better part of the next two years. The actual murders themselves seemed to have been a culmination of a lifetime of rage and insecurities that were in part a feature of OJ's insecure psychological makeup, and in part directed at his father who due to his open homosexuality, had embarrassed both OJ and his mother throughout his life. Nicole was the only thing in his life that gave him a full sense of control, and now she too was spinning out of control. The single flaw that the author saw in OJ's personality was his inability to perceive himself as he actually was. Whether he was afraid of finding out who that might really be, or because he already knew. OJ it seems had developed no instincts for how to survive as a private,or as an authentic, person. He could only breathe the air he sucked from those around him. And in this regard, an acquittal on the murder charges was perhaps the worse thing that could have happened to a person with his psychological make up. It forced him to walk the corridors of his own life -- corridors, that after the murders, turned his life into dust, into a daily private execution of a public ego: An ego that was once his only identity. The acquittal thus became death by identity suicide through public humiliation and invalidation. It seems that in OJ's case, society gave with one hand and took away with the other. This version of the murders is carefully constructed and very coherent. It is about as close as we will ever get to the truth. [I wonder what Faye Resnick as to say about this book?]
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entirely plausible, well-crafted "what-if",
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This review is from: The Confession of O. J. Simpson (Hardcover)
A fascinating coda to the Simpson saga. An entirely plausible and well-crafted "what-if" story. One is grateful for the addition of "A work of fiction" to the title; otherwise, one wouldn't really be quite sure.... Highly recommended.
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