The Fear of 13: Countdown to Execution: My Fight for Survival on Death Row - Rilegato

Yarris, Nick

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ISBN 10: 1780896514 ISBN 13: 9781780896519

Casa editrice: Century, 2099

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'Somewhere in each of us is the blackest pit from which few ever return. I had found mine.’

On 1 July 1982 Nick Yarris was found guilty of the murder of Mrs Linda Mae Craig and was sentenced to death.

For the next twenty-two years Nick fought for his freedom, protesting his innocence and pinning his ever-diminishing hopes on new advances in forensic evidence, becoming the first Death Row prisoner in the United States to be granted a request for DNA testing.

With appeal after appeal failing, Yarris was not only fighting against his sentence but his own internal battle to persevere.

As the constant tension of life on Death Row ate away at him, Yarris found solace in the few precious books that he was allocated each week, his only tangible connection to the outside in his windowless world.

Little did Yarris know he was holding the key to his cell in his hands.

Fear of 13 is the gripping story of one man’s struggle for his sanity and his life.

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This is the memoir of Nick Yarris, who was wrongly convicted of rape and murder and spent 23 years on Death Row.

While he was in prison, to keep himself sane, Nick educated himself (including learning about triskaidekaphobia, the fear of 13 which gives the book its name). Later, as the technology developed, Nick pressed for post-conviction DNA testing, which eventually led to him being acquitted of all charges.

Nick tells of his experiences with immediacy and passion, and narrates his tale to brilliant charismatic effect both here and in the film of the same name released in 2015. Widely critically acclaimed, the film will debut on Netflix in November 2016 (date tbc) and this book is published to tie in with the release, adding a further dimension and more detail into Nick's compelling story.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Century
• Data di pubblicazione: 2099
• ISBN 10: 1780896514
• ISBN 13: 9781780896519
• Rilegatura: Tapa dura
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 300