So begins The Final Case, a bracing, astute, and deeply affecting examination of justice and injustice-and familial love. An octogenarian without a driver’s license, he leans on his son-the novel’s narrator-as he prepares for trial. Royal, a Seattle criminal attorney in the last days of his long career, takes Betsy Harvey’s case. Her adoptive parents, Delvin and Betsy Harvey-conservative, white fundamentalist Christians-are charged with her murder. WOSU Public Media is Gramercy’s Community Partner for this author event.Ī girl dies one late, rainy night a few feet from the back door of her home. Please note that registration closes at 5 pm the day of the program. Registration is on Eventbrite for free general admission tickets, as well as admission that includes Guterson’s new novel and signed bookplate. Meet PEN/Faulkner awardee David Guterson-author of Snow Falling on Cedars-in a live, virtual conversation with longtime WOSU Public Media host Christopher Purdy, and learn about his new novel, THE FINAL CASE (released by Knopf on January 11 th).
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