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The Run of His Life
- The People v. O.J. Simpson
- Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
- Length: 18 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Law
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This New York Times best seller was the inspiration for the first season of American Crime Story on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr.; John Travolta; David Schwimmer; and Connie Britton.
The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that could have been written only by the foremost legal journalist of our time. First published less than a year after the infamous verdict, Jeffrey Toobin's nonfiction masterpiece tells the whole story, from the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman to the ruthless gamesmanship behind the scenes of "the trial of the century". Rich in character, as propulsive as a legal thriller, this enduring narrative continues to shock and fascinate with its candid depiction of the human drama that upended American life.
Please note: This audiobook is a recording of the original 1996 edition of The Run of His Life. It does not include an Afterword added to the 2013 reissued edition.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-05-08
Excellent
loved it. great character description and it is the definitive book about the trial. highly recommended.
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- Anonymous
- 2021-12-21
What a Mess!
I was just a kid when the OJ Simpson trial happened,. but I do remember how important and just EVERYWHERE it was for that year.
What an absolute disaster of a defense. I'm not so naive as to believe other factors don't play in the decisions of major cases like these (even if it should be the simple matter of guilty or not guilty), but OJ Simpson was really the worst "symbol/martyr of Black America" that could have been chosen. And I think has proven that today. He's did nothing worthwhile with his freedom and he certainly didn't support the community that looked up to him.
What a waste of everyone's faith and time.
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- RWS
- 2021-12-02
Very good book
I recommend this book ..Lots of interesting information.. I totally agree with this informative author ...He uses facts not ........
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- AudioAddict
- 2016-04-15
I wanted more after the 2016 mini-series...
STORY (historical) - I didn't watch the live coverage of OJ trial back in 1994, so I really had no personal opinion about his controversial not guilty verdict. I did, however, watch the 2016 mini-series, so now I get what all the fuss was about. OMG, he was so incredibly guilty!! But at the conclusion of the series, I still had lingering questions about different things, so I started this book to hopefully fill in some cracks. I am very glad I did. This book contains tons more detail about the evidence, the trial and all the players. The author obviously believes OJ was guilty, but his investigation is thorough and he presents both sides of the case from the beginning of the investigation until slightly after the trial. Great book.
PERFORMANCE - The narrator does a good job, but I'm not in love with his voice.
OVERALL - There is detailed analysis of the gruesome crime scene and the victims' injuries. There is a small amount of cursing and, of course, discussion about Mark Fuhrman and his use of the racist N-word. Even if you find these things offensive, I would still highly recommend this book for anyone interested in more info on the OJ trial. It's fascinating.
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- Cynthia
- 2016-05-24
Fear and Loathing in Los Angeles
I saw Jeffrey Toobin, the author of "The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson" (1996) asleep on CNN a couple of weeks ago. The demands of commenting on FX's "American Crime Story" (2016) mini-series based on this book and his ongoing analysis of the death of Antonin Scalia and President Obama's (so far) unproductive nomination of Merrick Garland to the US Supreme Court must have overwhelmed him. I suspect that Toobin, a Harvard educated lawyer and ardent follower of the US Supreme Court ("The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court" (2007)) couldn't stay away from the drama and intrigue of the high court he loves.
The O.J. Simpson trial, though? Toobin wrote what was arguably the best book on the chaos that was the crime itself; the riveting drama of the low speed chase; and the unrelenting trial and media coverage that consumed Los Angeles for almost a year. "The Run of His Life" is the best book I've come across about 'The (Last) Trial of the Century.' There are far too many books on the topic to read. Marcia Clark's "Without a Doubt" (1998) was quite good, and had a very personal discussion of the defense aspect of the case. Faye Resnick's "Nicole Brown Simpson: The Private Diary of a Life Interrupted" (1994)? Well, let's just say I thumbed through a copy at The 99 Cent Store. It was sitting next to a stack of musty copies of the equally execrable "Madam Foreman: A Rush to Judgment" (1995) by jurors Armanda Cooley et. al.
As good as Toobin's book really is (and correspondingly, the television treatment), I am pretty sure that by the end of the trial, he'd lost respect for just about everyone involved - including himself. There was Judge Lance Ito, who looked great on paper, but had no case management skills and no courtroom control. Christopher Darden, a promising young prosecutor, had his career derailed by allowing himself to be goaded by the savviest trial attorney of the bunch, Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. There were the sycophants Robert Kardashian and Robert Shapiro, and the amoral F. Lee Bailey. The stressed Marcia Clark, manipulated by a malicious soon-to-be ex-husband. The not-successfully-secret racist cop Mark Fuhrman. A terminally lazy investigator, Tom Lange.
And, of course, there is, was and always will be Orinthal James Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson, and the relationship they had that ended in murderous rage, taking along with it an unfortunate Ron Goldman. Toobin barely mentions Goldman in "The Run of His Life". That is, in abstract, sad. Goldman and the Simpsons' children were the only people in the whole saga who unquestionably deserve respect and empathy. Perhaps it is better that Toobin just let them all be.
"The Run of His Life" is an easy listen, but for Toobin at his finest, listen to "The Nine."
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- carl zayas
- 2016-02-17
What I thought as a child, shattered by logic
If you could sum up The Run of His Life in three words, what would they be?
The O.J. trial that you didn't see.
What did you like best about this story?
The detail
What aspect of Stephen Bel Davies’s performance would you have changed?
Not much
If you could give The Run of His Life a new subtitle, what would it be?
More than just O.J. are responsible for his guilt.
Any additional comments?
I remember once thinking that O.J. was innocent. After reading If I did It, I was convinced otherwise. This book also helps me realize that if it weren't for the poor performance of the prosecution, the blatant race baiting of Johnny Cochran, The past of the LAPD, and the behavior of Mark Furman, O.J. wold have been convicted and there would be no one regardless of color would have felt sorry for him, or remained unconvinced of his guilt.
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- Dan
- 2019-08-08
Narrator detracted from the quality of the content.
Would have been less feminine sounding if a woman narrated. Content was very detailed and thorough but the flamboyance of the reader was distracting.
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- Chris
- 2018-08-06
Gripping story!
This book gives a detailed account of the events of June 12th, 1994 and the aftermath. This audiobook really sucks you in.
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- Pratheba Orth
- 2016-02-04
well written
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This trial marks a time in life... everyone of a certain
age remembers this tragedy perfectly
After hearing this book I am even more ashamed
of the jurors. How could they ?
I am so deeply sad that Nicoles life was like this
hopefully other domestic violence victims will be treated
differently because of her story.
Ron died a hero - so sad for his family
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- Scott
- 2021-10-13
The narrator has a lisp
The narrator has a distracting lisp. The story is good, but cmon couldn’t they find a reader without a speech impediment?
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- Will
- 2015-10-15
One of my faves of all time
This was an awesome book to listen to. Very well written and performed. At first I wasn't sure if the narrator was going to get on my nerves. But that thought quickly vanished and I was able to completely enjoy the reading.
Big recommend to anyone interested in this subject or True Crime books in general.
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- Lee-lah
- 2015-12-14
Narration was Great
Great audio books are made or broken by the narrator and this guy delivered. The way the story was told kept me interested and listening. It was long, but it went fast. Great book.
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- jpme226
- 2018-06-15
Save Your money...
Just buy the book and read it instead. I read this book years ago and was really looking forward to using an audible credit to get this audible book. I should have clicked the "sample" button because this performance is really, really bad. Davies reads this thing like he has somewhere else to be. It's a pretty serious topic and there are a lot of really cool things to really dig into and ponder, and yet this guy reads it like he is being paid for the quickest possible read.
It's terrible. The sad thing is that this book is so incredibly well-written, it is shame that Davies ruined it.
30 minutes into this thing and can honestly say, I wish it had been ME that OJ had murdered.
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