““A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story she’d spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and a fierce fidelity to the truth.””

““Superbly written...the sort of story that even Lee would have been proud to write.””

““Enthralling ... Cep delivers edge-of-your-seat courtroom drama while brilliantly reinventing Southern Gothic.””

““‘A compelling hybrid of a novel, at once a true-crime thriller, court-room drama, and miniature biography of Harper Lee ... If ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ was one of your favorite books growing up, you should add ‘Furious Hours’ to your reading list today.””

““A marvel ... gives us the fullest story yet of Lee’s post-Mockingbird life.””

“‘’A brilliant take on the mystery of inspiration and the even darker mysteries of the human heart.” ”

““Remarkable, thoroughly researched....Cep manages the feat that all great nonfiction aspires to: combining the clean precision of fact with the urgency of gossip.” ”

““I woke up early just so I could keep reading Furious Hours, conflicted between feeling desperate to know more and not wanting it to end. It’s a marvelous accomplishment that left me completely enthralled.”
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