Slate Reviews O.J.'s Book

[MrAngryFace]

http://www.slate.com/id/2173030/?GT1=10346

These alterations are truer not only to the facts of the case but also to the manuscript itself. The narrator of If I Did It introduces his story not as an exercise in counterfactual speculation but rather as the God's honest truth. Indeed, the phrase, "to be honest" appears in this book no fewer than 29 times. By comparison, O.J.'s much-touted disavowal of the book's truthfulness surfaces exactly twice. An "author's note" up front reads, in full: "If I did it, this is what happened." And the narrative in the chapter titled "The Night In Question" pauses briefly for the following public service announcement: "Now picture this—and keep in mind, this is hypothetical." That dispensed with, O.J. relates with gusto some gruesome details about how he killed Nicole and the man he believed to be her lover. The book's two wan disclaimers are overshadowed by the truth-telling posture that O.J. strikes throughout this book. (Lest the reader suspect the Goldman family of editing out O.J.'s more forceful declarations of caveat emptor, be assured that I'm working off the HarperCollins version, over which the Goldmans had no control.)

[Van Cruncheon]

He did it because he had to. He did it for the kids.

i want to read this

[MrAngryFace]

B&N decided to sell the book after all, can probably find it there.

[cubicle47b]

This is so fucked up.

[Yeti]

I thought this book wasn't being made and the woman who brokered the deal with O.J. had been fired. I guess not??

[Madrun Badrun]

I want to read this.

[Eel O'Brian]

I was at the Charlotte Heroes Comic Convention back when the Bronco chase was airing live, drinking with some friends in a sports bar near the convention center, watching Jim Lee and some of the other Image Comics guys playing pool.  It was a little bit of nerd surrealism.