#1616: Casey Cep’s “Furious Hours”

July 09, 2019 00:30:00
#1616: Casey Cep’s “Furious Hours”
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#1616: Casey Cep’s “Furious Hours”

Jul 09 2019 | 00:30:00

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Show Notes

Casey Cep’s “Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud and the Last Trial of Harper Lee,” looks at the dual mysteries of a notorious crime and a famous novelist’s attempt to write about it. Cep brings the story to life, from the shocking murders to the courtroom drama to the racial politics of the Deep South. At the […]

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