I started off reading this thinking - *meh* it's not written very well! I changed my mind as it drew me in and made me feel the emotions of everyone involved. He did an enormous amount of research in to his subject. Apparently JG only heard about the man's case after reading his obituary in The New York Times.
Ronnie Williamson was a well-known baseball player in Oklahoma. He got some bad breaks along the way and became a bit of an alcoholic and part-time drug user.
His mental health suffered for it and he ricocheted from one problem to another, with the final humungus catastrophe ... being accused of rape and murder.
The book tells the story of his life, his fight with law enforcement, his mental decline and the shoddy legal system running in Ada, Oklahoma at that time.
If you love Grisham, miscarriages of justice or you're right nosy ... go for it 
13/02/08 @ 21:16