- Ordinary Heroes (novel)
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Ordinary Heroes Author(s) Scott Turow Country United States Language English Genre(s) Legal thriller, War novel Publisher Farrar Straus & Giroux Publication date 2005 Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Pages 512 pp (first edition, hardback)
494 (paperback)ISBN ISBN 0-446-61748-2 (paperback) OCLC Number 71756644 Preceded by 'Ultimate Punishment' Followed by 'Limitations' Ordinary Heroes, published in 2005, is a novel by Scott Turow. It tells the story of a journalist who uncovers writings of his father while going through his things following his funeral. The novel, told in first person, traces the son's journey into uncovering his father's role in World War II in the European Theatre.
Many of the minor characters in Ordinary Heroes also appear in other Turow novels, which are all set in fictional, Midwestern Kindle County.
Works by Scott Turow Novels: Presumed Innocent (1987) • The Burden of Proof (1990) • Pleading Guilty (1993) • The Laws of Our Fathers (1996) • Personal Injuries (1999) • Reversible Errors (2002) • Ordinary Heroes (2005) • Limitations (2006) • Innocent (2010) •
Non-fiction: One L (1977) • Ultimate Punishment (2003) •
Categories:- 1995 novels
- Novels by Scott Turow
- World War II novels
- Novels about journalists
- Thriller novel stubs
- War novel stubs
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