KILLING TIME : One Man's Race to Stop an Execution by David R. Dow ISBN 13: 9781741669459

Random House, Australia, 2010. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade Paperback. 271 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Random House, Australia, 2010. First Edition. This is the first Australian edition. *** CONDITION: This book is in very good condition. More specifically: Covers have no creasing. Corners of covers are lightly bumped. Spine is uncreased. . Pages are lightly tanned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: How does it feel to defend a serial killer? To tell a young man that he will be executed in twenty minutes' time? To explain to your five-year-old son that you're late because you couldn't help someone? To realise that a death row convict whose life you hold in your hands is actually innocent? David Dow is a leading death row attorney in Texas, a state where 99% of execution appeals are rejected. He defends convicted murderers for the simple reason that he feels putting them to death is wrong. He knows his clients are vicious, violent monsters, but killing a murderer is homicide,… Read More

North Sydney, N.S.W., Australia: William Heinemann, 2010. x, + 271pp. Book clean, square. Spine firm. Leaves clean. Illustrated card wrapper negligibly scuffed, small, soft crease to rear panel. "Both a haunting memoir and a gripping legal thriller, this is the story of David Dow, a Texas death row attorney, whose life is thrown upside down when he becomes convinced that one of his clients is innocent . . . " Book weight approx. 390g. Postage charge will be reduced as this item will post under 500g. packed weight. . First Australian Edition.. Softcover. Very Good +. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.