Aaron Levinsky, a public defender, is assigned the case of Claudia Draper, a prostitute charged with manslaughter who wants a trial and not detention in a mental ward
Tom Topor (born 1938) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist.
Topor is the author of the 1980 play and 1987 screenplay Nuts, which became a starring vehicle for Barbra Streisand. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1988 film, The Accused, which starred Jodie Foster. Topor won the Writers Guild of America Award for his screenplay for the 1990 made-for-television film, Judgment, which he also directed. In 1996 he won the Dilys Award for his novel, The Codicil.
I read this in a few days on a summer family vacation, the year before I went to college and it was such a page turner, I couldn't put it down!!
Honestly, it was a feeling I could never forget, and still remember it decades later. In fact, I think this was one of my inspirations to achieve that kind of prose and to find a way to write in a way to allow all of our emotions to co-mingle, but let the laughter and the humor shine through the most.
Sadly, like so many movies, I was disappointed since they never do the book justice, but I still think Mr. Topor's storytelling is phenomenal!!! :)