Review: Compulsion

Compulsion by Meyer Levin
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I had to prompts to finally read this novelization of the Leopold and Loeb murder. I recently enjoyed again the Orson Welles depiction of Clarence Darrow in the Compulsion film. Then, I found an inscribed copy of the same hardcover edition. So, I will read the un-unscribed one and then put it in a Little Free Library.

I really enjoyed this telling, which I am sure comes very close to the truth, at least how it was perceived at the time since Levin as a young reporter was assigned to cover the trial and uses many direct quotes from testimony, etc.

Along with Caril, this also really undermines any support I have for the death penalty.




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