Harry Farrell
Auteur de Shallow Grave in Trinity County
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- male
- Lieux de résidence
- San Jose, California, USA
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- Œuvres
- 6
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- 1
- Membres
- 95
- Popularité
- #197,646
- Évaluation
- 3.8
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- 3
- ISBN
- 6
Maybe not as gripping as some true crime books, Harry Farrell writes with a bit more distance but you must not forget that when he finally got all the documents and trial papers, a lot of people who played a big role in the Abbott case had already died.
It is much harder probably to write about a case that happened long ago, I think of Harold Schechter's great books but I can truly say this author did just as well.
A good writer who even though the case happened more than 60 years ago,managed to grab the attention of readers.
I for one had never heard of this case and yes there have been maybe more cruel and infamous killings this case was really interesting thanks to the excellent writing of the author.
Now I know there is another book about this case where that author thinks Abbott was innocent but checking the reviews of his book ( A Trail of Corn by Keith Walker), the majority of his readers still think Abbott was guilty, even after reading Walker's book.
They (his lawyers) could only try to get him free by pretending that Abbott was framed. They had to cause the girl's items were found in Abbott'house and then later her body was found near his bungalow (very far from where she disappeared)
But apparently he was never asked why someone would frame him or if he was asked he did not know the answer and to me it was all far fetched and really there was never a real suspect besides Abbott.
He was very handsome so I think that was another reason why this case got so much attention back then. His wife Georgia was very pretty as well. In my hardback there were lots of great photo's.… (plus d'informations)