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Title: Just Revenge by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0-446-60871-8 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.17 (63 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: What a Tangled Web We Weave!
Comment: I didn't know what to expect - a graduate student assigned to read a page-turner crime novel for a graduate seminar. All in all, I tend not to like Dershowitz, but I will hand it to him on this one; all things considered, he has written a good and somewhat haunting book. I'm sure the questions it raises will be with me for a long time.
The scene is this: Max Menuchen is a holocaust survivor living in Cambridge, MA who discovers that the Nazi who murdered his family (by a fluke, he alone survived) is living not too far away. The pain and anguish of knowing this (and of even worse information uncovered in private research) is unbearable. Max decides to torture his killer and drive him to suicide. Is it murder? If it is murder, is it justified? Is it just revenge?
The theme is explored decently and though the dialogue is stiff and the plot (particularly in the details) feels somewhat contrived, Dershowitz knows how to exploit this challenging and dark theme for all it is worth. As some reviewers have noted the characters are a bit stale, but I suppose if one is readin a Dershowitz crime novel for character depth, then one needs to evaluate their lease on life (though I grant that Dershowitz's habit of making every character, including side-characters, a lawyer, is a bit frustrating).
On a sidenote, some of the less favorable reviews accuse Dershowitz of 'justifying' the main character's actions of revenge and torture. First, I must have read the wrong book as Dershowitz's ending is far from clear on that point (the last section is even entitled 'Justice?' with a question mark). Second, I thought Dershowitz did a decent job portraying many sides and opinions (as Dershowitz does in real life). Simply because he writes what some may feel are convincing argument supporting the main character doesn't mean that he is offering carte blache justification. Third, Dershowitz's goal in this book, I feel, is to make us think and one great way to do that is to get us fired up. Those that accuse Dershowitz of 'taking the wrong side' are fired up and, thus, thinking.
So as not to ramble on that point, I give the book 3 stars because while I thought the theme and idea development was pretty good, there are many areas where the book felt a bit too contrived and/or superficial.
Rating: 5
Summary: It may be fiction but-----
Comment: Alan Dershowitz has written a story of questioning theory.He is a thinking interlectual with a clear mind toward the pro and con of our countrys laws. This story is in the back of many of our minds. what if your family was wiped out by someone and you were left what would you do, or feel, or want? I would recommend this book highly to anyone that ever observed a criminal situation and said "if he would have done that to my family I would have_____!!! The book is a thinking mans read enjoy it.
Rating: 3
Summary: Is Revenge Justice?
Comment: Alan Dershowitz is a gifted thinker and writer, although based upon his public appearances, an insufferable person. In Just Revenge he has produced a fast paced, well written novel, which accomplishes what a good novel should. It raises, but does not answer, important issues, in a provocative manner
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Title: The Advocate's Devil by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0446602914 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
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Title: The Case for Israel by Alan Dershowitz ISBN: 047146502X Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Why Terrorism Works by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0300097662 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 04 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Shouting Fire: Civil Liberties in a Turbulent Age by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0316181412 Publisher: Little, Brown Pub. Date: 09 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: The Abuse Excuse : And Other Cop-outs, Sob Stories, and Evasions of Responsibility by Alan M. Dershowitz ISBN: 0316181021 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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