{"product_id":"9783957038241","title":"What Went Wrong With Oscar Toll?","description":"The Only Thing Standing Between Oscar Toll And The Gas Chamber Is Attorney Eric Lawson. \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“... a serious, poignant, and, at times, very funny book about a man on death row and the lawyer who represents him....Charles Bush is a gifted writer.” —James Sheehan, author of \"The Alligator Man\" and \"The Lawyer’s Lawyer.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOscar Toll has been convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Only one thing stands between him and San Quentin Prison’s gas chamber: San Francisco attorney Eric Lawson. Despite many obstacles—a key witness is killed, Oscar’s family won’t talk—Eric manages to turn tiny shreds of evidence into a startling new narrative of Oscar’s life  But Eric’s professional success isn’t matched in his personal life: his marriage to his wife Pilar is in trouble.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...confronts the reader with the unvarnished reality of the machinery of the death penalty. Its verisimilitude is its great strength...an engaging novel, [and] a public service. It's quite an achievement.” —Michael Nava, author of the \"Henry Rios\" novels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“...a riveting human drama...an engrossing, well-written tale that is hard to put down from the first page...realistic and compelling characters, with all too human flaws...”—Gabriel Boutros, author of \"The Guilty.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Real-life attorney...Charles Bush tells the moving story of getting a mentally challenged convict off death row. This is crime fiction with the ring of authenticity.”—Ronald Tierney, author of \"Death in the Haight.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Bush","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47181913620720,"sku":"9783957038241","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783957038241_p0.jpg?v=1763709730","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783957038241","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}