Presumed Innocent
- 432
- Pages
- about 8 h
- Reading time
- Film 1990 +1
- On screen
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Our view
A prosecutor charged with a colleague’s murder tells his own story in “Presumed Innocent”, a finely written legal thriller. Its ground is the courtroom and the legal system, not police work, and some readers single out how well that inside view is handled. Dark and tense over 432 pages, it was Turow’s first novel.
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About the book
Presumed Innocent, published in August 1987, is a legal thriller novel by American writer Scott Turow. His first novel, it is about a prosecutor charged with the murder of his colleague, Carolyn Polhemus. It is told in a first person point of view by the accused, Rožat "Rusty" Sabich. A motion picture adaptation starring Harrison Ford was released in 1990. A second adaptation for Apple TV+ starring Jake Gyllenhaal was released in 2024.
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On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen 2 times — from 1990 to 2024.
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.7 across 111 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 43% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Crime & mystery average of 7.6. That is how 7.7 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.0 | 14 | 13% |
| Hardcover | 7.7 | 97 | 87% |
Frequently asked
How long is Presumed Innocent?
It has 432 pages — longer than 57% of the ranked books in Crime & mystery.
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