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Plot Summary of Another City, Not My Own
"The trial of OJ Simpson made stars out of Judge Lance Ito, and the attorneys involved: Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey, and Johnnie Cochran, who were known as "the Dream Team". What seemed to be forgotten in all of this, was the fact that two human beings had been brutally murdered, and the man accused of murdering them was an A-list celebrity.      

The details which made up this case, mostly having to do with the sex lives of the victims, interested much of the public. Attorney Johnnie Cochran would attempt to convince the jury that OJ was the victim of a massive conspiracy, which had been organized by racist police officers. "

Nathaniel Ford, Resident Scholar



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Plot
job/profession: - criminal (killer)
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 60's-90's
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other people
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast - California
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - prison
Century: - 1980's-Present

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Book makes you feel? - angry
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - actual description of hetero sex
Lot of foul language? Yes
Commentary on society? Yes
Commentary on - race
Writer's slant towards subject: - very unfavorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more dialog than descript
A LOT of info about personal vices? Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life? Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story? - 0-25% of book
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