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2022 selection · Nonfiction
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free
Scoundrel: How a Convicted Murderer Persuaded the Women Who Loved Him, the Conservative Establishment, and the Courts to Set Him Free by Sarah Weinman appears in NPR’s 2022 Books We Love guide. NPR’s editors categorized the recommendation around the dark side, for history lovers, eye-opening reads, placing it within the year’s broader reading conversation.
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